Mahala Kathleen Accettullo, 92, of Princeton, died quietly Saturday morning, September 27, 2025, at her home.

Born July 27, 1933, in Elgood, she was the daughter of the late Corles Cowden and Emma Lou Chambers Cowden.

After graduating from high school, while living in Connecticut, she worked in a machine shop as a press operator and later worked for Rice Company in Massachusetts. She was a member of Fellowship Community Church on Athens Road in Princeton. While her health permitted, she loved cooking, sewing and going to church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her first husband, Jabie Akers, two sons, Beauford Akers & Marvin Akers, along with her siblings, Claudia Edwards, Wilburn Cowden, Georgia Siner, C.L. Thompson & Sterling Thompson.

Survivors include her loving husband of 45 years, Salvatore Accettullo; her daughter, Connie Hernandez; two step-daughters; four step-sons; 4 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; niece Malinda Edwards & husband Whitey; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service will be held at Noon, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in the Chapel of the Memorial Funeral Directory on the Athens Road in Princeton with Pastor Aaron Edwards officiating.  Burial will follow in Elgood Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 11:00 A.M. until the service time.  Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Online condolences may be shared with the family via www.memorialfd.com.

The Accettullo family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.