OBITUARY BELOW, WRITTEN BY ALAN WRIGHT

The 6th child of William Thomas Cardell and Ella Peacock Cardell. Wife of Carl Claude Wright (divorced) Harvey Pershing Clark (widowed) and William Dungan (widowed). Mother of deceased James Lee Wright, her only child.
Her quirky sense of humor endeared her to many. She loved a good joke.
She loved children and pets, altho she never had any other children of her own other than Jimmy Lee Wright. She loved her step-daughter, Natalie who was Harvey's from a previous marriage.
A sweet, generous, kind and lovely woman. She is dearly missed.
Mary's early life was spent following the crops from Texas and New Mexico with her parents. After she married Carl they lived in California while he was in the service and after their son Jimmie died in 1944, she came back to New Mexico where she married to Harvey about1946 or so. She later moved to Tucson with her husband Harvey, then after his death from cancer in the Veterans Hosp., she married Bill, about 1956 or 1957 in Flagstaff, and later on they moved back to Kentucky where his family lived. After he died, Mary came back to Arizona where she spent her remaining days with her brothers and sisters. She never remarried.

Ashes given to family and interred in the McGovern plot along with her sisters Lola McGovern, Opal Humphrey and two nieces, Janet DelGrego and Dolly Wright. Her brother, John Cardell and wife, Iva rests only a few yards from her.

Beloved sister of deceased siblings: Charles, Dock, Opal, John, Mildred, Muriel, Ursie, Billy, Lola, MATTIE FOSTER, AND PAULINE BENNETT. and survived by another brother.
THANKS TO ALAN WRIGHT FOR ALL OF THESE BURIALS!!

READ ABOUT MARYS NEED FOR BLOOD AFTER JIMMY LEE'S BIRTH, UNER JIMMY LEE WRIGHT'S MEMORIAL.
HER OBITUARY WAS IN THE SAN MANUEL MINER.
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MARY (CARDELL) DUNGAN PEACEFULLY ENTERED INTO HER NEW LIFE ON MONDAY JULY 11, 2011 WITH FAMILY BY HER SIDE. SHE WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1923 IN SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THE SIXTH OF 13 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM THOMAS AND ELLA (PEACOCK) CARDELL. SHE WAS THE GRANDAUGHTER OF HENRY T. AND MARY (HAMBY) CARDELL, AND THE GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER OF AUSTIN, TEXAS PIONEERS THOMAS AND PRISCILLA (CLIFTON) HAMBY.
HER PARENTS TRAVELED THROUGH ARKANSAS, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA, FOLLOWING THE WORK. EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN LORDSBURG, HIDALGO, NEW MEXICO WHERE THEY REMAINED. THEY LIVED A SHORT TIME IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, THEN BACK TO TEXAS.
MARY WAS MARRIED TO CARL WRIGHT AND HAD HER ONLY CHILD, JIMMY LEE WRGHT IN 1944, IN CALIFORNIA, AND NEARLY DIED HERSELF. JIMMY PASSED AWAY IN DEC. 1944, AND IS BURIED AT LORDSBURG, NEW MEICO. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RECEPIENTS OF PENICILLIN WHEN IT CAME OUT.
MARY AND CARL DIVORCED, AND SHE THEN MARRIED TO HARVEY PERSHING CLARK. MARY WAS THRILLED TO HAVE HARVEY'S DAUGHTER, NATALIE AS HER STEPDAUGHTER. HARVEY DIED IN 1956 FROM CANCER, AT THE VA HOSPITAL IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.
AFTER HARVEY'S DEATH SHE MARRIED WILLIAM DUNGAN. THEY MARRIED AND DIVORCED TWICE. THEY LIVED IN TUCSON FOR A LONG TIME, THEN MOVED BACK TO KENTUCKY WHERE BILL HAD FAMILY. WHEN BILL DIED IN 1998, MARY MOVED BACK TO TUCSON TO SPEND HER REMAINING YEARS WITH HER FAMILY, WHICH MADE HER ETREMELY HAPPY.
ALL OF HER SIBLINGS ARE DECEASED NOW EXCEPT ONE BROTHER.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA TO VISIT HER BROTHER, DOCK, AND ALL HIS FAMILY. SHE ALSO GOT TO VISIT WITH HER SISER, MATTIE IN THATCHER.
MARY HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR , LOVED TO PLAY TRICKS ON FAMILY.
HER LAST DAYS WERE SPENT IN WISDOM COURT IN CATALINA WHERE SHE WAS WELL CARED FOR.
AS PER MARY'S WISHES, SHE WAS CREMATED, AND HER REMAINS INTERRED WITH HER TWO SISTERS, OPAL AND LOLA, AND TWO NEICES, JANET AND DOLLY, AT THE ORACLE CEMETERY. SHE IS ONLY A FEW YARDS FROM HER BROTHER, JOHN CARDELL, AND WIFE IVA RAE.