Burial was held in the Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. Services were under the direction of Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Chapel in Amarillo.
Marie was born on November 21, 1921 in Floyd County to Henry Herbert and Grace Irene Gross Graham. She graduated from Floydada High School in 1939. She married Flake Dillard in 1939 in Childress, Texas.
Marie was a charter member of South Lawn Baptist Church in Amarillo. There she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and was WMU president for several years. She moved to Oklahoma City in 1969, where she was an active member of Kelham Baptist Church from 1969 - present. She assisted her husband, who was a Shamrock Jobber in Oklahoma City. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Arthur and Ervin Graham.
Survivors include a daughter, Anita Honeycutt and husband, Al of Oklahoma City; a son, Fred Dillard and wife, Mary Anne of Arlington; two brothers, D.T. "Buddy" Graham and wife, Jane of Plainveiw and Herman Graham and wife, Bonnie of Floydada; a sister, Ima Lea Gamblin of Amarillo; two grandsons, Jay Dillard and Scarlette of Dallas and David Dillard and wife, Felicia of Arlington; granddaughters, Julie Boenker and husband, David of Fort Worth, Shelley Orchard and husband, Brad of Oklahoma City, and Jennifer Honeycutt of Dewey, Oklahoma; 11 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews that dearly loved their aunt "Ree."
The family suggests memorial contributions to South Lawn Baptist Church, 4306 S. Washington Street, Amarillo, TX. 79110.
Obituary from
The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon
Floydada, Floyd, Texas, USA
Burial was held in the Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. Services were under the direction of Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors Coulter Chapel in Amarillo.
Marie was born on November 21, 1921 in Floyd County to Henry Herbert and Grace Irene Gross Graham. She graduated from Floydada High School in 1939. She married Flake Dillard in 1939 in Childress, Texas.
Marie was a charter member of South Lawn Baptist Church in Amarillo. There she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and was WMU president for several years. She moved to Oklahoma City in 1969, where she was an active member of Kelham Baptist Church from 1969 - present. She assisted her husband, who was a Shamrock Jobber in Oklahoma City. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Arthur and Ervin Graham.
Survivors include a daughter, Anita Honeycutt and husband, Al of Oklahoma City; a son, Fred Dillard and wife, Mary Anne of Arlington; two brothers, D.T. "Buddy" Graham and wife, Jane of Plainveiw and Herman Graham and wife, Bonnie of Floydada; a sister, Ima Lea Gamblin of Amarillo; two grandsons, Jay Dillard and Scarlette of Dallas and David Dillard and wife, Felicia of Arlington; granddaughters, Julie Boenker and husband, David of Fort Worth, Shelley Orchard and husband, Brad of Oklahoma City, and Jennifer Honeycutt of Dewey, Oklahoma; 11 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews that dearly loved their aunt "Ree."
The family suggests memorial contributions to South Lawn Baptist Church, 4306 S. Washington Street, Amarillo, TX. 79110.
Obituary from
The Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon
Floydada, Floyd, Texas, USA
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