Mary Frances Murray Lockwood was born February 1, 1942 in Summerville, South Carolina and passed away peacefully in Knoxville, TN on May 30, 2019 at the age of 77.
Mary grew up and lived most of her life in Waco, Texas and attended Waco High School. She would have graduated with the class of 1960, but she moved with her parents to Dallas and graduated from South Oak Cliff High School. She then attended classes at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Mary was active in church, played the piano and sang for much of her life. She served numerous churches with her musical talents and taught piano and voice in Waco, Texas. She also worked as an executive assistant at Certainteed Corporation and as an office administrator for various churches throughout the years. Mary loved animals and besides raising many herself, she worked as a pet sitter any chance she could. She loved the Lord and her family very much.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Lucious Richard Murray, Doris Murray, and Mary Elizabeth Messervy, as well as her beloved sisters, Katherine Victoria Fowler Wolfe and Janice Marie Fowler Sullivan.
Mary is survived by her children, Wendi Dawn Lockwood, Meri Lockwood Blasingame, and Robert Preston Lockwood; her four grandchildren, Candace Rice, Brian Smith, Steven Walton, and Jenna Walton; four great grandchildren, Caden Rice, Ceilidh Rice, Caleb McCall and Guy Kemper; siblings, Gloria Fisher and Richard Murray, and sister in law Virginia Murray, as well as many nieces and nephews.
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Mary grew up and lived most of her life in Waco, Texas and attended Waco High School. She would have graduated with the class of 1960, but she moved with her parents to Dallas and graduated from South Oak Cliff High School. She then attended classes at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Mary was active in church, played the piano and sang for much of her life. She served numerous churches with her musical talents and taught piano and voice in Waco, Texas. She also worked as an executive assistant at Certainteed Corporation and as an office administrator for various churches throughout the years. Mary loved animals and besides raising many herself, she worked as a pet sitter any chance she could. She loved the Lord and her family very much.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Lucious Richard Murray, Doris Murray, and Mary Elizabeth Messervy, as well as her beloved sisters, Katherine Victoria Fowler Wolfe and Janice Marie Fowler Sullivan.
Mary is survived by her children, Wendi Dawn Lockwood, Meri Lockwood Blasingame, and Robert Preston Lockwood; her four grandchildren, Candace Rice, Brian Smith, Steven Walton, and Jenna Walton; four great grandchildren, Caden Rice, Ceilidh Rice, Caleb McCall and Guy Kemper; siblings, Gloria Fisher and Richard Murray, and sister in law Virginia Murray, as well as many nieces and nephews.
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Mary Frances Murray Lockwood was born February 1, 1942 in Summerville, South Carolina and passed away peacefully in Knoxville, TN on May 30, 2019 at the age of 77.
Mary grew up and lived most of her life in Waco, Texas and attended Waco High School. She would have graduated with the class of 1960, but she moved with her parents to Dallas and graduated from South Oak Cliff High School. She then attended classes at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Mary was active in church, played the piano and sang for much of her life. She served numerous churches with her musical talents and taught piano and voice in Waco, Texas. She also worked as an executive assistant at Certainteed Corporation and as an office administrator for various churches throughout the years. Mary loved animals and besides raising many herself, she worked as a pet sitter any chance she could. She loved the Lord and her family very much.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Lucious Richard Murray, Doris Murray, and Mary Elizabeth Messervy, as well as her beloved sisters, Katherine Victoria Fowler Wolfe and Janice Marie Fowler Sullivan.
Mary is survived by her children, Wendi Dawn Lockwood, Meri Lockwood Blasingame, and Robert Preston Lockwood; her four grandchildren, Candace Rice, Brian Smith, Steven Walton, and Jenna Walton; four great grandchildren, Caden Rice, Ceilidh Rice, Caleb McCall and Guy Kemper; siblings, Gloria Fisher and Richard Murray, and sister in law Virginia Murray, as well as many nieces and nephews.
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Mary grew up and lived most of her life in Waco, Texas and attended Waco High School. She would have graduated with the class of 1960, but she moved with her parents to Dallas and graduated from South Oak Cliff High School. She then attended classes at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.
Mary was active in church, played the piano and sang for much of her life. She served numerous churches with her musical talents and taught piano and voice in Waco, Texas. She also worked as an executive assistant at Certainteed Corporation and as an office administrator for various churches throughout the years. Mary loved animals and besides raising many herself, she worked as a pet sitter any chance she could. She loved the Lord and her family very much.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Lucious Richard Murray, Doris Murray, and Mary Elizabeth Messervy, as well as her beloved sisters, Katherine Victoria Fowler Wolfe and Janice Marie Fowler Sullivan.
Mary is survived by her children, Wendi Dawn Lockwood, Meri Lockwood Blasingame, and Robert Preston Lockwood; her four grandchildren, Candace Rice, Brian Smith, Steven Walton, and Jenna Walton; four great grandchildren, Caden Rice, Ceilidh Rice, Caleb McCall and Guy Kemper; siblings, Gloria Fisher and Richard Murray, and sister in law Virginia Murray, as well as many nieces and nephews.
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