MARIE CHITWOOD

Contributed by Barbara Pollard
1993 in Jacksonville, Texas


Services for Mrs. Marie "Ree" Chitwood, 80, Jacksonville, 
formerly of Gilmer and Austin, are scheduled for 2 p.m. 
Wednesday in Thompson Funeral Home chapel in Jacksonville 
with the Revs. Doug Wilson and Ken Vanderslice officiating. 
Burial will follow in the Corine Cemetery near Jacksonville.

Mrs. Chitwood died Tuesday in a Jacksonville hospital after 
an extended illness. She was born June 1, 1912 in Pritchett 
and lived in Jacksonville for 15 years. She was retried from 
State School for Deaf and Blind in Austin. She was a member 
of Friendship Baptist Church in Corine and was founder of 
W.M.A. She was past state president of W.M.W. and a lifetime 
resident.

Survivors include her husband, Earl Chitwood, Jacksonville; 
a son, and daughter-in-law, James and June Stephens, Winnsboro; 
a daughter, Joanna Stephens, Conroe; four brothers, Glynn 
Arrington, Gilmer, Preston Arrington, Rozell Arrington and 
Maurice Arrington, all of Pritchett; a sister, and 
brother-in-law, Grace and Charles White, Gilmer; two 
grandchildren, Jeffrey Stephens, Tyler and Stacey Ann Holly, 
Whitehouse; two great-grandchildren, Ashlee Holley and Brandon 
Holley, both of Tyler and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include Matt Montgomery, Harold Gray, Bobby Arrington, 
Robbie Arrington, Jeff Stephens and John Holley.