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Will Marr was born in Clay County, Missouri, May 9, 1873, son of John Wesley Marr and Eliza Elizabeth (Lewis) Marr, both natives of Kentucky. His father, a Confederate veteran, under General Price, was wounded in the leg and had it amputated.Will Marr was brought to Texas while a child. He received his education in the Graham Public Schools. By apprenticeship he learned the drug business, at a salary of $100.00 per year for the first year, $150.00 the second year. He engaged in the sheep business in Haskell. He served as tax assessor of Stonewall County for four years. He sold his interest in Stonewall County and moved to Ralls, Texas.
While living in Stonewall, January 22, 1896, he married Miss Lillian Edna Lewis, daughter of Joseph Lewis and wife. Her father was a courier in the Confederate Army, her great great grandfather, Andrew Lewis, was one of the distinguished Virginia soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Six children were born to this union.
Mr. Marr was engaged in the drug business at Ralls and then went into the furniture business, selling out and engaging in the undertaking business. After the death of his wife, Mr. Marr married Mrs. Lula Keene, who is a daughter of George Ragle. They have now a beautiful funeral home that is a pride to the city. They are known far and wide as people of sterling worth, and contribute to every good cause in Ralls. Mr. Marr is a charter member of the Ralls Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Retail Merchant's Association. He belongs to the lodge, Royal Arch Chapter and has Council degrees in Masonry. He belongs to Rotary and Odd Fellows. He is a Methodist and a Democrat. He has served in many other capacities, as a builder and booster for Ralls. He was mayor Ralls when the Bill's Club was organized and served as its first president.
Mrs. Marr is one of Crosby County's outstanding pioneers, active in business with her husband. She is a woman of foresight and ability, a person who has faith in her home town, and is always alert to the things she can do for the benefit of Ralls and the good of its people.
Source: "Through the Years, A History of Crosby County, Texas" by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis ©1951; The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas
RALLS (Special) Services are scheduled at 2:30 p.m. today in the First Methodist Church here for Will Marr, 89, a Ralls resident since 1915 who died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital in Lubbock.Dr. Hubert Bratcher, Pampa, will officiate assisted by the Rev. W. R. Baird, retired Ralls minister, and the Rev. Conrad Ryan, pastor of the First Methodist Church here.
Burial will be in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home.
Marr was a former Ralls mayor and past president of the local chamber of commerce and Rotary Club. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Marr moved here from Haskell in 1915 and went into the drug store business and later bought a furniture store and funeral home. He founded the Crosby County Benevolent Association and built the first funeral home in Ralls in 1950. Marr was a charter member of the Ralls Methodist Church and had served on the board of stewards since its organization.
Survivors include his wife, Lula, three daughters, Mrs. J. B. Post, Glendale, Calif., and Mrs. Velma Bryant, San Antonio; a son, Dr. W. L. Marr, Galveston, a stepson, A. H. Kenne, Houston; eight grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Robert E. Guess, Clay Kimbrough, Buram House, Edd McLaughlin, L. A. Wicks, Sr., Dr. E. L. Haney and Ira Prewitt.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 1963
Submitted by Donna English
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