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Mary Elizabeth MARRS WHITENER

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

February 28, 1926-December 6, 2013

Mother of Gwen and Sherry

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Mary E. Whitener
February 28, 1926 - December 6, 2013

Services for Mrs. Mary E. Whitener, 87, of Wheeler, TX will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, December 9, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Wheeler, TX with Rev. Rodney Weatherly, officiating. Burial will follow at Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Peppers Family Funeral Home in Wheeler, Texas.

Mrs. Mary E. Whitener passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 in Wheeler, TX.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitener was born February 28, 1926 in Wichita Falls, TX to the late Mr. Hester Marrs and Mrs. Opal (Hansard) Laflin. She graduated from Wheeler ISD and continued her education at West Texas State Teachers College. She married Hiram Whitener on June 20, 1969 in Amarillo, TX. Mrs. Whitener worked many places in Wheeler, including the Wheeler County Tax Office, the First National Bank, the Wheeler School District for many years, Beef Cattle Company, and as an insurance clerk for Dr. Louie Mendiloa.

Mrs. Mary Whitener was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wheeler, the Order of the Eastern Star, a charter member of the Thursday Review Club, a member of the Ladies Legion Auxiliary, and was a Girl Scouts leader. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her sister, Virginia Rose Pettit.

Mrs. Whitener is survived by her two daughters, Gwen McCain and husband Bob, of Wheeler, TX, Sherrilyn Mickler and husband Terry, of Jacksonville, TX; three grandchildren, Cristen White of Wheeler, TX, Cory Curnett of Tulsa, OK, Shelley Louthan and husband Kip, of Henderson, NV; five great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

The family suggest memorials be to the First Baptist Church of Wheeler, PO Box 2069, Wheeler, TX 79096, or to your favorite charity.

(Published by Peppers Family Funeral Home, December 7, 2013)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Mary Elizabeth Marrs
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1926
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Wichita Fallas, Wichita, Texas, USA
Father: George Hestan Marrs
Father Birth Place: Jolly Clay County, Texas
Mother: Opal Margarette Hansard
Mother Birth Place: Thornburg County, Texas
Mother Residence: Wichita Falls

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Submitted: 1/9/22 • Approved: 1/9/22 • Last Updated: 1/12/22 • R480294-G480293-S3

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