Mary Elizabeth Sallee Lanham, 78, of Elizabethtown, formerly of Bardstown, died Friday, April 3, 2015, at the home of her daughter in Elizabethtown.A native of Washington County, she was born on Jan. 28, 1937, to the late John and Eva Cornish Sallee.She was a member of the Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown and a retired certified medical technician.She was preceded in death was a daughter, Mary Lou Lanham; a sister, Bonnie Varnell; and a brother, Tony Sallee.Survivors include her husband, Joe Lanham; three daughters, Carol Mattingly, of Springfield, Bonnie Hamilton (Gary), of Springfield, and Kathy Hall (Everett), of Elizabethtown; two sons, Johnny Lanham (Angel) and Joe Lanham Jr. (Lynn), of Bardstown; 15 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Ernest Sallee, of Springfield, Mark Sallee and Bill Sallee, both of Oklahoma; and four sisters, Peggy Hood, of Springfield, Annie Railey, of Bardstown, Eva Marie Sallee, of Lebanon, and Ina Gribbins, of Campbellsville. The funeral was 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at Parkway Baptist Church with Dr. James Carroll, the church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery.Pallbearers were T.J. Lyvers, Hank Shelton, Josh Dewitt, John Jenkins, Thomas Young and Ben Johnson.Honorary pallbearer was Justin Milburn.Carey & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.