Wise Co., TX., Obits - Mary Virginia Casey - 1914 - 2000
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     Mary Virginia Casey - 15 June 1914 - 31 Jan 2000

Service for Mary Virginia Casey, 85, of Paris was to be at 10 a.m., 
Wednesday, Feb. 2, at the Decatur Church of Christ. Burial was to 
follow at Bethel Cemetery in Decatur. Casey died Jan. 31, 2000, in 
Midland.

Born June 15, 1914, in Paris, Casey was one of seven children of Peter 
Elitt Shoemate and Bessie Madding Shoemate. 

She married William Matthew Casey on June 4, 1938, in Paris. 
He preceded her in death in 1997. She taught English at Decatur High 
School for many years before retiring in 1972.

Survivors include her sister, Bonnie Shoemate of Paris; a brother, Jim 
Shoemate of Paris; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Larry Nye
of Babylon, N.Y. and Mary Sue and John DeFore of Midland; a son and 
daughter-in-law, William Michael and Christina Casey of Decatur; and 
seven grandchildren, John Mark DeFore of Austin, David and Casey DeFore
of Midland, Gregory and Casey Nye of Babylon and Meagan and Matthew 
Casey of Decatur.

Pallbearers were to be John Mark, David and Casey DeFore, Mike Riney, 
Gregory Nye and Mike Casey.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to 
Hospice of Midland, 911 W. Texas St., Midland, TX 79701.