September 29, 2000

MARY WILCOX

DEXTER, Mo. -- Mary F. Wilcox, 97, of Dexter died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born March 11, 1903, at Dexter, daughter of Arthur and Anne Miller Wilcox. Wilcox was a lifelong resident of Dexter. She was a teacher at Dexter schools from 1922-27, and later taught at Gray Ridge schools until retiring in 1972. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was ordained an elder and was organist 35 years...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Mary F. Wilcox, 97, of Dexter died Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000, at Dexter Memorial Hospital.

She was born March 11, 1903, at Dexter, daughter of Arthur and Anne Miller Wilcox.

Wilcox was a lifelong resident of Dexter. She was a teacher at Dexter schools from 1922-27, and later taught at Gray Ridge schools until retiring in 1972. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was ordained an elder and was organist 35 years.

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Survivors include three nephews, Dale Wilcox of Fort Wayne, Ind., Harry Wilcox Jr. of Yuma, Ariz., Dick Wilcox of Wentzville, Mo.; and a niece, Frances Douglass of Oxford, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Stephen D. Moody officiating. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery.

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