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Mary MCCUTCHEN

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

Leon McCutchen
August 18, 1923-September 19, 2018

Please see military marker

Mary Lucas McCutchen
February 11, 1930-December 28, 1996

Married January 28, 1950

*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary Leon McCutchen
Mr. Leon McCutchen, long time resident of Hereford, passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the age of 95.

Mr. McCutchen was born August 18, 1923 to John Phillip and MeLetie (Allred) McCutchen in Gould, Oklahoma. The family came to Hereford in 1934. He served his country during World War II, enlisting in the Marine Corps in Amarillo, Texas in 1942 and was honorably discharged as a Corporal in San Diego, California in 1946. He met Mary Mae Lucas and the two were married in Portales, New Mexico on January 28th, 1950. Leon worked as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service for nearly 39 years until retirement. He also served as a deacon at the First Assembly of God church for nearly 30 years and was a little league coach in the 1960’s as well as serving as a volunteer for the Hereford Senior Citizen’s Center for 20 plus years immediately following his retirement. He married Ada Smith on September 26, 2000 in Hereford, Texas.

Mr. McCutchen is preceded in death by his parents, and by his wife Mary Mae.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 18 years Ada McCutchen, his daughters Patricia Eschenberg of Rochester, Washington, Gayle McCutchen of Angel Fire, New Mexico, Pamela Hasford of Angel Fire, New Mexico, his son Michael McCutchen of Lawrenceville, Georgia, his step-daughters Diane Cathey of Amarillo, Texas, Gaylene Thompson of Coleman, Texas, LeAnne Bolen of Ballinger, Texas, and his step son Kenneth Little of Abernathy, Texas. He also leaves behind his grandsons Scott Eschenberg of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rusty Eschenberg of Rochester, Washington, Brian McCutchen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and granddaughters Erin Spencer of Angel Fire, New Mexico, and Charlotte McCutchen of Estes Park, Colorado. In addition, his niece Deborah and husband Bill Brantley of Canyon, Texas, many great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends remain to cherish his memory.

Obituary by Hereford Heritage Funeral Home in Hereford, Texas


*Obituary Mary Lucas McCutchen
Mary Mae McCutchen, 66, a resident of Deaf Smith County since 1949, died Saturday at Hereford Regional Medical Center.

Services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Assembly of God Church with the Rev. John B. Gaston officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.

Mrs. McCutchen was born Feb. 11, 1930, in Empire City, Ok. She married Leon McCutchen in 1950 at Portales, N.M. She moved to Deaf Smith County in 1949 from Lawton, Ok.

Survivors include her husband, Leon, of Hereford; three daughters, Patricia Anne Eschenberg of Fresno, Cal., Gayle McCutchen of Lubbock and Pamela Hasford of Angel Fire, N.M.; one son, Michael McCutchen of Windsor, Col.; three sisters, Esther Buffington and Ruth Clark, both of Walters, Ok., and Rebecca Swindol of Leeville, La.; three brothers, Silas Lucas of Sidney, Ak., Joe Lucas of Wellington and David Lucas of Rogers, Ak.; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 96th Year, Vol. No. 125, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Sunday, December 29, 1996, Page 2)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary Mccutchen
Death Date: 28 Dec 1996
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mary Mae Lucas
[Mary Mae McCutchen]
[Mary McCutchen]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1928
Birth Place: Empire, Oklahoma
[Empire City, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 28 Dec 1996
Father: Henry F Lucas
Mother: Martha M Solenberg
Notes: Jun 1944: Name listed as MARY MAE LUCAS; Jul 1951: Name listed as MARY MAE MCCUTCHEN; 10 Jan 1997: Name listed as MARY MCCUTCHEN

Contributed on 7/13/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 7/13/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R524894-G524893-S3

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