Tombstone Tuesday: Mary Eva MCCRIGHT (1891-1979)

Today's tombstone is that of my Great-Grand Mother Mary Eva MCCRIGHT-RICE. Her grave is located in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.

Mary Eva MCCRIGHT was born on 16 Oct 1891 in Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA as the first child of Thomas Houston MCCRIGHT and Malinda Elizabeth ROBERTSON. She had five siblings, namely: Maude Deene, Marion Lewis, Ollie Grace, William Roland, and Clinton Houston. Mary Eva MCCRIGHT was also known as "Eva". When she was 18, She married James Arthur RICE,son of William Jackson RICE and Martha H. GIBSON, about 1910 in Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA. She died on 02 Mar 1979 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA. She was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA on 03 Mar 1979.


James Arthur RICE and Mary Eva MCCRIGHT had the following children:

1. Irene Elizabeth RICE was born on 18 Apr 1911 in Ringgold, Montague, Texas, USA. She died on 04 Feb 1983 in Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. She married William Arree CLINE on 22 Nov 1931 in Cushing, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.
2. Ila Mae RICE was born on 02 Mar 1913 in Texas, USA. She died on 08 Sep 2000 in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA (Memorial Hospital). She married Dalton Leroy MONEY on 06 Mar 1946 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA.
3. Frankie Marie RICE was born on 28 Nov 1914 in Ringgold, Montague, Texas, USA. She died on 12 Mar 1977 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Clarence Estle SELF on 22 Sep 1934.
4. Katherine Joyce RICE was born on 23 Dec 1917. She died on 11 Mar 1919.
5. Lillie Kate RICE was born on 24 Oct 1919 in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA. She died on 06 Jan 2008 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Marion Leo WHITEHEAD on 16 Oct 1942 in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA. She married Ernest E. EASON on 27 Dec 1968 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Clarence Estle SELF on 17 Nov 1977 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
6. Margaret Augusta RICE was born on 06 Jul 1921 in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA. She died on 03 Jan 2013 in Irving, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Warren Waylon HELM on 31 Jul 1940 in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA. She married Delmer C. SMITH on 05 Jul 1974 in Cherokee, Texas, USA.
7. Coy Delbert RICE was born on 25 Oct 1926 in Cherokee, Texas, USA.
8. Roy Elbert RICE was born on 25 Oct 1926 in Cherokee, Texas, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1984 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA. He married Billie Gean JOHNSON on 21 May 1948 in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA.
9. Juanita Delphine RICE was born on 30 Jan 1929 in Wells, Cherokee, Texas, USA. She died on 11 Sep 2003 in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA. She married Corbie Lee MINCHEW on 07 Feb 1948 in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA.
10. Mary Evelyn RICE was born on 04 Jun 1931 in Wells, Cherokee, Texas, USA. She died on 17 May 2012 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA. She married John William WAGGONER on 02 Oct 1948 in Anderson, Texas, USA.

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