Gunn, Margaret Horton   	

FORT WORTH - Margaret Horton Gunn, 81, formerly of Longview, 
passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Fort Worth.

A celebration of the life of Margaret Horton Gunn will be held 
at 2 p.m. today, March 10, 2007, at Danville Cemetery of Kilgore.

Arrangements are by Greenwood Funeral Home, 3100 White Settlement 
Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76107.

Margaret was born August 16, 1925, to Ivy Lou and Porter Samuel 
Horton, a pioneer family of Gregg County. For many years, Margaret 
owned and operated Park Terrace Beauty Salon in Abilene. After 
retirement, she returned to Longview to enjoy her family. Her 
incredible talent as a seamstress delighted her daughters and 
grandchildren, who became recipients of her beautifully tailored 
creations.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Jesse Bertram 
Horton; and her husband, Dan Phillip Gunn.

Survivors include her daughters, Joyce Howell and husband, C.M. 
Howell of Dallas, and Catherine Hopkins and husband, Dennis of 
Arlington; and sister, Nancy Lee Horton. She was blessed with three 
grandchildren, Porter Howell and wife, Angela, of Franklin, Tenn., 
Kendall Howell Vela and husband, Ray, of Dallas, and Noah Michael 
Sheetz and wife, Tara, of Milan, N.Y.; and four beautiful great-
grandchildren, Hayden, Lauren Howell, Holden and Sloan Vela.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to the James L. 
West Alzheimer Center, 1111 Summit Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76102.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/10/2007.