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Lyda Lynn Wood Marchman
6 Sep 1924 – 6 Nov 2009
| Birth | 6 Sep 1924 |
| Death | 6 Nov 2009 |
| Cemetery | Restland Memorial Park Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Woody on 19 Oct 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44146707 |
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Lyda Lynn Wood Bussey Marchman, 85, passed away on Nov. 6, 2009, in Dallas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Sparkman/Hillcrest Northwest Highway Chapel with a private interment at Restland Memorial Park. Lyda Lynn was born in Corsicana, Texas, to the late James K. Wood Sr. and Lyda Kate Cheney Wood. She graduated from Corsicana High School in 1941 and entered Baylor University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1945. Her music major was in piano. She did solo recitals and chamber music, but also minored in violin. She enjoyed playing in the Baylor Symphony and Waco Symphony Orchestras. Following graduation Lyda Lynn taught violin and piano at San Marcos Baptist Academy in San Marcos. In 1946, she returned to Baylor University to pursue her Master's Degree and teach piano there as an instructor. In July 1947, she and Dr. Charles D. Bussey, a Dallas surgeon, were married. Lyda Lynn was very active in church music and medical circles. She served as president of the Dallas County Medical Society and of her Music Study Club. She was a member of the Jr. Matheon Club, Dallas Woman's Club and the Dallas Garden Club, Pi Beta Phi and Mu Phi Epsilon. She was a member of the Park Cities Baptist Church and First Baptist of Dallas where she played in the First Baptist Church orchestra. After Dr. Bussey's death, Lyda Lynn married Dr. Oscar Marchman Jr., Dallas ophthalmologist in 1973. Lyda Lynn is survived by her daughter, Lynn Bussey, of Dallas; son, Charles Lelland Bussey and his wife, Susan, of Dallas; step-daughters, Marilyn Patrick, of Plano, Madalyn Jones and her husband, W.E. "Bill" Jr., of Spring; grandchildren, James Francis "Jim" Guittard, Robert Bussey Guittard and his wife, Candace, Lauren Bussey Stewart and her husband, Dr. Robert Stewart, and Dan C. Bussey, all of Dallas; step-grandchildren, W.E. "Trey" Jones III and his wife, Krystal, of Ward, Ark., Stephanie Dolliger, of Plano, and Jacquelyn Hardy and her husband, Richard Hardy Jr., of Cypress; and six great-grandchildren. Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/10/2009...TR3
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