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Mary "Jenny" Tillett Wise

24 Sep 1920 – 17 Feb 2015

Birth24 Sep 1920
Death17 Feb 2015
CemeteryVan Alstyne Cemetery
Van Alstyne , Grayson County , Texas , USA
Added bywiccanwitch on 14 Aug 2022
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143198464

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Our mom, known to grandkids as me-ma, and family and friends as Jenny, was a caring hard working and talented lady. Mom worked long hours for her family. She worked in the fields, cooked our meals, made the girls clothes, always planted a large garden, and canned hundreds of jars of food. In moms later year she made 50 or more beautiful quilts. Mom was writing poetry and short stories in her quiet time. Several of her poems were published and she was honored on several occasions Mom and dad spent many hours on creek banks and lakes fishing. Fishing was something she loved to do. We will greatly miss (as our daddy called her "My Jenny") every day of our lives. Mary (Jenny) Tillett Wise, age 94, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at the Medical Center of McKinney. She was born September 24, 1920, in Grayson County Texas to C.W. Tillett and Myrtle Geer Tillett. She married R.W. Wise June 11, 1938, in Van Alstyne Texas. She is survived by her sons; Clarence Wise, Ed Wise, daughters; Roberta Sprowl, Jean Douglass, Cindy Yates, brothers; Wayne Tillett, Jerry Tillett, and sister; Juanita Boatwright.13 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. She was proceeded in death by her parents C.W. and Myrtle Tillett, husband R.W. Wise, and daughter Deborah Meinen. Funeral services will be 10:00AM Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Elmont Baptist Church with Mark Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at Van Alstyne Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne.

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