1914
Mary
2016
Mary Cordelia Box
November 5, 1914 — June 13, 2016
Mary Cordelia Box, 101, went to be with the Lord and her loved ones on Monday, June 13, 2016 in Crane, Texas.
Funeral services were held at 11am on Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Parker officiating. Burial followed in the Crane County Cemetery.
Mary was born on November 5, 1914, in Roby, Fisher County, Texas to Joe Abbott Mash and Ora Ella McCrary Mash. She grew-up on a farm four miles southwest of Roby. Some boys came by looking for jobs picking cotton, and this is when she met the love of her life and married Chester Box on February 1, 1934. She and Chester raised three children. Mary has been a long time resident of Crane since 1953. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and she loved her Naomi Sunday school class. Mary enjoyed sewing, and when she was younger, she had a tax preparation business.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Earl Box, daughters, Margaret Ann West, Mary Earline Elrod and son-in-law, A. L. Elrod; son, Billy Earl Box; three brothers, Carl Mash, J.L. Mash and Junior Mash; grandchildren, Kimberly Pugh and Kevin Thompson.
Survivors include daughter-in-law, Jackie Box of Colorado City, son-in-law, Robert West of Arkansas, 6 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11am on Friday, June 17, 2016, at the Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Parker officiating. Burial followed in the Crane County Cemetery.
Mary was born on November 5, 1914, in Roby, Fisher County, Texas to Joe Abbott Mash and Ora Ella McCrary Mash. She grew-up on a farm four miles southwest of Roby. Some boys came by looking for jobs picking cotton, and this is when she met the love of her life and married Chester Box on February 1, 1934. She and Chester raised three children. Mary has been a long time resident of Crane since 1953. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and she loved her Naomi Sunday school class. Mary enjoyed sewing, and when she was younger, she had a tax preparation business.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Earl Box, daughters, Margaret Ann West, Mary Earline Elrod and son-in-law, A. L. Elrod; son, Billy Earl Box; three brothers, Carl Mash, J.L. Mash and Junior Mash; grandchildren, Kimberly Pugh and Kevin Thompson.
Survivors include daughter-in-law, Jackie Box of Colorado City, son-in-law, Robert West of Arkansas, 6 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary Cordelia Box, please visit our flower store.
Service Schedule
Past Services
Guestbook
Visits: 6
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors