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Mary Jo Cook Leopard

5 Apr 1924 – 6 Nov 2014

Birth	5 Apr 1924
Death	6 Nov 2014
Cemetery	Rome Cemetery Athens , Henderson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Audrey McNair on 05 Oct 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138517419

Bio

Services for Mary Leopard, 90 of Athens are scheduled for 2:00 P M Sunday at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Upchurch officiating. Private burial will follow at Rome Cemetery. Mrs. Leopard passed away November 6, 2014 in Tyler. She was born April 5, 1924 in Athens to Samson Elmer and Dosia Evelyn Hendrix. Mary had been a resident of Athens all of her life growing up in the Oakland Community. She loved to travel and work in the yard. She was a member of West Athens Baptist Church. She loved gatherings with family and friends. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She always opened her home to everyone. Survivors include her son Joey Wallace and wife Suzi of Athens; daughters JoAnne Glasgow and husband Jimmy, Sue Shoemaker and husband Bill, Glenda Gunnels and husband Richard, all of Athens; 13 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren; sister Nell Feagins of Bradford, numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be her great grandsons.

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Family

Parents

• Dosia Evelyn Hendrix Cook 1897–1991
• Samson Elmer Cook 1898–1974

Spouse

• John Vernon Leopard 1915–1997
• Elton Royall Wallace 1920–1973

Siblings

• Dorothy Helen Cook Featherston 1917–1973
• Viola Alene Cook Barnett 1919–2000
• Audrey Lee Cook Werneking 1922–1978
• Elmer Cook 1927–1989
• Edward Lee Cook 1932–2001

Children

• Joanne "Coco" Wallace Glasgow 1941–2021
• Billy Royall Wallace 1943–1995

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