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Mary Morehead

Mary Catherine Clark Morehead, 87, of Bodcaw, died Monday, April 8, 2002, at a Texarkana Hospital.

She was born April 24, 1914, at Falcon.

Morehead was the daughter of the late Rufus and Ellie Ward Clark.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Bruce Morehead, one son Denver Morehead, one grandson, Larry Morehead and one brother, Jeff Clark.

She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, William and Imogene Morehead of Mount Enterprise, Texas, Charles Ray and Reva Morehead, Gary Don and Eva Jean Morehead all of Bodcaw; one daughter and son-in-law, Sharon Gail and Terry Hanson of Waldo; 11 grandchildren, Kathy Marie Cox of Bodcaw, Perry Grant Morehead of Nacogdoches, Texas, Laurie Ann Oliver of Hope, Kevin Ray Morehead of Stamps, Paul Anthony Morehead of Marshall, Texas, Sandy Christine Russell of Bodcaw, Cheryl Dawn Atkinson of Conway, Ernie Bruce Hanson and Andy Brian Hanson of Waldo, Dwayne Morehead of Bodcaw, and Robin Kimberly Hanson of Waldo; 15 great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren; five sisters, Ruthie McKamie of Bodcaw, Earlene Copeland of Paragould, Ruby Herrington and Retha Hart of Texarkana, Charlene Beck of Arlington, two brothers, Herbert Clark of Texarkana, Kenneth Clark of Leander, Texas, and one brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Carroll and Hera Morehead of Prescott, also one stepbrother and two stepsisters.

Funeral services were at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at the Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Stamps with the Rev. Joe Miller, Rev. Charles Walthall and Rev. Paul Lyons officiating and burial in the Shiloh Methodist Cemetery between Bodcaw and Falcon under the direction of Smith Funeral Home in Stamps.

Visitation was from 6-9 p.m. at the Smith Funeral Home in Stamps. Family were at the home of Gary and Eva Jean Morehead at Bodcaw.