Obituaries
Mary Fitzwater
By Wise Funeral Home
May 30, 2007

Bonham -- Funeral services for Mary Gray Fitzwater, age 85, of Bonham, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 2, 2007 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel.  Rev. Claude Robbins and Bro Chris Baker will officiate.  Burial will follow in Willow Wild Cemetery.  Mary passed away early Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at Seven Oaks Nursing & Rehab in Bonham.

Mary was born August 23, 1921 in Bonham, Texas, daughter of Walter Smith and Annie Janeway Smith.  She attended Bonham High School.  Mary married Rosser Thomas Fitzwater, April 2, 1938 and he preceded her in death, Aug. 22, 1977.  She worked for  Bonham Manufacturing Co., the lunchroom at school and retired from Northeast Medical Center (now Red River Regional Hospital) in Bonham.  Mary attended Wesley United Methodist Church and enjoyed music very much.  She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, James D. Smith (1994) and three nieces, Ruth McKee and Emma Payne and Mary Stewart and two nephews Frank Payne and Jimmy Hewitt.

Surviving are:

1 Son:  Ronald T. Fitzwater and wife, Ronda of Bonham

2 Daughters:  Joan Kelton and husband, Lee and Barbara Perry and husband, Glendon, all  of Bonham

Grandchildren:  Melanie Mincey, Renee Witcher, Jennifer Hemby, Lana Fitzwater, Kristy Fitzwater and Dusty and Brandi Lee

Great Grandchildren:  Ross and Brad Ingram, Jaicie, Jaxxon, Carsyn and Chrysi Hemby

Great Great Granddaughter:  Gracie Ingram

Niece Janie Warren of Wolfe City.

Pallbearers will be Ross Ingram, Brad Ingram, Bruce Witcher, Tim McMillan, Clint Hemby and Larry Baker.  Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Keister, Robert Ingram, James Mincey, Bobby Danner, George Kirby, Glen Clark,  Homer Fairchild and Mickey Workman.

The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday night.  Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com