Mary Lou McCary

Notes:

She was referenced as Mary RUSSELL of Milam in the 2009 obituary of her brother, Kenneth.

The following obituary was copied from her FindAGrave memorial page created by Kay Parker McCary.

Mary Lou Russell, 84, died in Lumberton on Friday, October 4, 2013. She was born in San Augustine on April 6, 1929 to Muncie "Bill" and Fannie Mae McCary. Mary Lou served as dispatcher and jailer for Jasper, Tyler and Sabine Counties for over forty years, retiring with the Sabine County Sheriff's office in 1992, having served twenty of her years there.

Mary Lou is survived by her husband Woodrow Russell, of Milam; her three daughters Tena, Lynda, and Wanda; five grandchildren, Denise, Michelle, Jimmy, Jason, and Erika; and fourteen great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Sunday, October 6 at Starr Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, TX 75948. Burial will follow in the Foxhill Cemetery (also known as Joel Halbert Cemetery) in Milam.

Mary married Woodrow Lloyd Russell before 1947. Woodrow (son of Wallace Freeman Russell and Eula Mae Allen) was born on 4 Jan 1918 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 2015 in Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]