Mary Helen (Pratt) & Maxie Willis Hice
Tombstone Photo
Legate Cemetery

© Bill Greenlee

Nov 15, 1942 - Jun 5, 2020
Obit for Mary posted by Martha Reddout

Marietta Monitor
12 June 2020 Page 4

Interment followed in Legate Cemetery, Legate community, Love County.

Born November 15, 1942 at Thackerville, the daughter of J.B. and Viola Stevens Pratt, she died Friday, June 5, 2020 at Carrus Specialty Hospital, Sherman, Texas. Mary lived most of her life in Love County. She was a graduate of Mead High School and continued her education at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant. She married the love of her life, Maxie Willis Hice on January 4, 1963 in Gainesville, Texas. He preceded her in death on June 8, 2019. Mary worked 30 years at Marietta Sportswear and then worked at Rickets Crop Insurance for 25 years. She sewed crafts for Jo Minyard for many years. Mary was a very active member of her community. She was the secretary/treasurer for the Enville Volunteer Fire Department for 33 years. Mary was also the secretary/treasurer for the Enville Citizens Group. She was an active member with the Lebanon Women’s Group and the Lebanon Christian Fellowship in Lebanon. Mary lived to serve God and her community for many years. Mary had many hobbies and there was not anything she would not attempt to make, whether it was quilts, doll clothes, crafts, or scrapbooks. She made lots of treasures for all her friends and family to have for keepsakes. Mary was an avid gardener. She loved canning pickles, jellies, jams, and anything else she grew in her garden. Mary loved to share her famous dill pickles with everyone.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Bill Pratt and wife Gayla and Arnold Pratt and wife Pat; and sister, Joyce Lane and husband Paul.

Survivors include son, Larry Hice and wife Joyce of Marietta; two grandsons, Corey Hice and wife Jessica of Marietta and Json Nicholson and wife Crystal of Lone Grove; seven great-grandchildren, Allison, Maddison, Addison, and Olive Hice of Marietta, and Kaden, Mikayla and Asher Nicholson of Lone Grove; three brothers, Raymond Pratt and Jim Pratt, both of Marietta and Weldon Pratt and wife Donna of Gainesville; two sisters-in-law, Jimie Hice of Marietta and Valerie Reed and husband Darrell of Leon; and numerous nieces and nephews that she loved.

Serving as pallbearers were Derrie Minyard, Earl Spears, Arthur Rickets, Mike Mathis, Kevin Lane, and Scott Pratt. Honorary bearers were members of the Enville Volunteer Fire Department.

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