mary belle (smitherman) duncan
Services for Mary Belle
Smitherman Duncan, 89, of 403 E. Merritt St., Marshall, will be held at
2 p.m. Sunday at the Travis Street Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home with
the Rev. Milton Jordan officiating. Interment will be in Algoma
Cemetery-North.
Mrs. Duncan died at 4:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 1997, at Merritt Plaza Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
She was born Dec. 4, 1908, in Harrison County, the daughter of Daniel Houston Smitherman and Lovie Rebecca Smelley Smitherman. She received her education in the Harrison and Gregg County public schools and Nursing School at Kahn Memo- rial Hospital in Marshall. She married Marvin Lee Duncan on Dec. 19, 1929, in Texarkana. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 1980. She was a homemaker and had previously worked for Duncan's Rainbow Floral Shop of Marshall.
Mrs. Duncan was a member of United Methodist Summit Church and the Friendship Sun- day School Class. She was a life-time member of the United Methodist Women.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth W. and Allie Duncan of Marshall; four grandchildren and grand-in-law, Kyle and Sharon Duncan, Cindy and Tommy Hopkins, Karen and Mike Verhalen and Donna and T.C. Smith, all of Marshall; nine great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Alvin and Ruby Smitherman of Longview; and one sister, Mrs. Wiley (Virgie) Winiger of Longview.
She was preceded in death by a son, Donald Duncan in 1986; two brothers, Bob Smitherman and Joe Smitherman; and one sister, Lou Ella Bussey.
Pallbearers will be Boe Chadd, Everett Simmons, Scotty Furrh, Mike Verhalen, Kyle Duncan and Kip Duncan. Alternates will be Jay Ebarb and Lawrence Ray Duncan.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. today at Sullivan Funeral Home on Travis Street.
Mrs. Duncan died at 4:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 1997, at Merritt Plaza Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.
She was born Dec. 4, 1908, in Harrison County, the daughter of Daniel Houston Smitherman and Lovie Rebecca Smelley Smitherman. She received her education in the Harrison and Gregg County public schools and Nursing School at Kahn Memo- rial Hospital in Marshall. She married Marvin Lee Duncan on Dec. 19, 1929, in Texarkana. He preceded her in death on Jan. 1, 1980. She was a homemaker and had previously worked for Duncan's Rainbow Floral Shop of Marshall.
Mrs. Duncan was a member of United Methodist Summit Church and the Friendship Sun- day School Class. She was a life-time member of the United Methodist Women.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth W. and Allie Duncan of Marshall; four grandchildren and grand-in-law, Kyle and Sharon Duncan, Cindy and Tommy Hopkins, Karen and Mike Verhalen and Donna and T.C. Smith, all of Marshall; nine great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Alvin and Ruby Smitherman of Longview; and one sister, Mrs. Wiley (Virgie) Winiger of Longview.
She was preceded in death by a son, Donald Duncan in 1986; two brothers, Bob Smitherman and Joe Smitherman; and one sister, Lou Ella Bussey.
Pallbearers will be Boe Chadd, Everett Simmons, Scotty Furrh, Mike Verhalen, Kyle Duncan and Kip Duncan. Alternates will be Jay Ebarb and Lawrence Ray Duncan.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. today at Sullivan Funeral Home on Travis Street.