June 2023

Betty Dean Marr, 92 years old, of Sherman, passed peacefully from this life, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Denison. She was born January 1, 1931, in Leonard, Tx. Her parents were Roy F. and Mary A. (Murrell) Roberts. Betty was a 1950 graduate of Sherman High School. On July 3, 1949, she married her high school sweetheart, Clyde U. Marr in Sherman. They were married for 63 years. She owned and operated Marr Delivery Service for many years. Her interests included shopping at estate sales for antique collectables, sharing the history of Grayson County and of Leonard, Texas, line dancing with her senior citizens group at the SNAP Center, keeping in touch with her classmates the class of Sherman High School 1950 and spending time with her family. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary Roberts; husband, Clyde Marr; and a sister, Merle Reynolds of Mt Vernon, Tx. She is survived by her son, Larry Marr, and wife Brenda of Sherman; daughter, Melody Harris, and husband Tim of Sherman; granddaughter, Gina Marr Hiemstra, and husband Tim of Vallejo, Ca; grandson, Colin Harris, and his wife Ashley of Sherman; granddaughter, Lauren Edwards, and husband Justin of Sherman and 6 great-granchildren. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, June 14, at Waldo Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Waldo Funeral Home. Rev. Paulette Schwarz, her first cousin, will officiate. The burial will be at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman. Pallbearers will be Colin Harris, Nevin Marr, Steve Melton, James Pierce, Gayle Adcock and Justin Edwards.

Lois Etchieson Bell, born on June 29, 1925, to Reverend William Ross and Gertrude Davis in Sunkist, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at Texoma Medical Center on June 9, 2023. Lois, a long time Cartwright, Oklahoma resident, was in convenience store management for 50 years, retiring at age 93. Lois was preceded in death by husbands Roy C. Etchieson and James Bell, her parents, sisters Shirley Grantham and Pat Hogan, and brother William Ross Jr. Lois is survived by brothers Herbert, Troy and Clint (and Clint’s wife Dee Davis) and sister Quannah Reed; three sons: Cleveland (Jeep) and wife Barbara, Claude and wife Linda and Michael and wife Phyllis Etchieson, grandchildren Kelly Etchieson, Tracey Powell, Tina Ward, twins LeAnn /DeAnn Etchieson, Brian Etchieson, Christopher Etchieson, Katelyn Etchieson and 9 great-grandchildren, and partner Terry