1943
Mary
2019
Mary Larue Duree
April 28, 1943 — July 2, 2019
Mary LaRue (Reyes) Duree went to be with the Lord July 2, 2019 in Chickasha, Oklahoma with some of her loved ones by her side. She was born April 28, 1943 in Gracemont, Oklahoma to Ignacia and Manuel Reyes.
Anybody who knew Mary knew how hard working and driven she was. She was known almost by everyone in the Caddo County area and there wasn't a single place she could go where she wouldn't strike up a conversation with an old friend. She would help anyone in need and would bend over backwards for just about anyone, especially her family. To her, her family was her whole world. Her family called her Nana and she was grateful for that title. She loved cooking homemade meals for family and guests and visiting at the dinner table although she never sat down and rested until she made sure, everyone had a heaping plate of her good cooking and a glass of sweet iced tea. She was a bubbly person, always laughing and hollering on while talking and bantering with everyone. She was a one of a kind type of woman who shined a light in every person's life she touched. She was employed at many jobs over the years. She worked for 20 years as a dispatcher at the Caddo County Sheriff's Office and retired in 2007. She only spent a couple of weeks off before starting a new job at Williamson Storage, which shows what type of person she was. She retired officially in 2018.
She is survived by:
Son: Benjamin Smith and wife Jeanette of Chickasha, Oklahoma
Daughters: Sylvia Turney and husband Ron of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Mary Smith of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Teresa Green and husband Don of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Erica Lynn Duree of Gracemont, Oklahoma
Amanda Rodgerson of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Honorary daughter: Linda Anderson of Anadarko, Oklahoma
She also raised James Reyes of Amber, Oklahoma all of his high school career.
15 grandkids, 27 great-grandkids, numerous nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Ignacia and Manuel Reyes, sisters, Josie Hughes, Margaret Carrol, Francis Reyes, Rafalla Neito and Marcelina Reyes, brothers Tommy Reyes, Albert Reyes, Ernest Reyes and Manuel Reyes, brother-in-law Frankie Hughes and ex-husband Carl Smith.
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2019
First Baptist Church
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Burial: Gracemont Cemetery,
Gracemont, Oklahoma
Services under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Anybody who knew Mary knew how hard working and driven she was. She was known almost by everyone in the Caddo County area and there wasn't a single place she could go where she wouldn't strike up a conversation with an old friend. She would help anyone in need and would bend over backwards for just about anyone, especially her family. To her, her family was her whole world. Her family called her Nana and she was grateful for that title. She loved cooking homemade meals for family and guests and visiting at the dinner table although she never sat down and rested until she made sure, everyone had a heaping plate of her good cooking and a glass of sweet iced tea. She was a bubbly person, always laughing and hollering on while talking and bantering with everyone. She was a one of a kind type of woman who shined a light in every person's life she touched. She was employed at many jobs over the years. She worked for 20 years as a dispatcher at the Caddo County Sheriff's Office and retired in 2007. She only spent a couple of weeks off before starting a new job at Williamson Storage, which shows what type of person she was. She retired officially in 2018.
She is survived by:
Son: Benjamin Smith and wife Jeanette of Chickasha, Oklahoma
Daughters: Sylvia Turney and husband Ron of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Mary Smith of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Teresa Green and husband Don of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Erica Lynn Duree of Gracemont, Oklahoma
Amanda Rodgerson of Anadarko, Oklahoma
Honorary daughter: Linda Anderson of Anadarko, Oklahoma
She also raised James Reyes of Amber, Oklahoma all of his high school career.
15 grandkids, 27 great-grandkids, numerous nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Ignacia and Manuel Reyes, sisters, Josie Hughes, Margaret Carrol, Francis Reyes, Rafalla Neito and Marcelina Reyes, brothers Tommy Reyes, Albert Reyes, Ernest Reyes and Manuel Reyes, brother-in-law Frankie Hughes and ex-husband Carl Smith.
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2019
First Baptist Church
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Burial: Gracemont Cemetery,
Gracemont, Oklahoma
Services under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
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