Mary Lee Chance
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Mary Lee Chance

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Birthplace: Seymour, TX
Death: Lubbock, TX
Occupation: Former Crosby Co. District Clerk
Father: J.B. Coffey
Mother: Ollie Kivett
Survivors: Niece - Gloria Smith; Bro. - E.E.Coffey; 3 Sis. - Mamie Paschal, Willie Williams, Ethel Heathington.
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom

Mary Lee Chance, a 74-year-old Crosbyton resident, succumbed about 6 p.m. Monday in the Quaker Manor Nursing Home in Lubbock. She had been a resident of the nursing home.

Mrs. Chance was a former Crosby County district clerk.

Memorial services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church in Crosbyton. The Rev. Bobby Rine, pastor, officiated.

Interment was made in Crosbyton Cemetery, under direction of Adams Funeral Home. Nephews served as pallbearers.

Born Oct. 14, 1903 in Seymour, the former Mary Lee Coffey was married to Lewis Chance. He preceded his wife in death in 1960.

Mrs. Chance moved to Crosby County in 1914 from Seymour. She was a member of the Crosbyton First Baptist Church.

Survivors include one brother, E. E. Coffey of Lubbock; three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Paschal of Clovis, N.M., Mrs. Willie Williams of Lubbock, and Mrs. Ethel Heathington of Ralls; and one niece whom she raised, Gloria Smith of Lubbock.

Crosbyton Review, July 20, 1978
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes




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