Funeral services for Margaret Lucille Reese, age 97, of Sulphur Springs, will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Lyndon Petty officiating. Interment will follow at Seymore Cemetery with David Moses, Greg Moses, Johnny Sartin, Aaron Sartin, Sam Rubio, and Russell Prandy serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers are Carroll Provence, Glenn Briggs, James Briggs, and Johnny Dotson. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Margaret Lucille Reese was born January 11, 1920 in Wood County, TX the daughter of James Anderson Freeman and Katy Cleo (Garretson) Freeman. She married Johnny Arl Sartin on January 3, 1935 in Yantis, TX; he preceded her in death in 1966. She married Roger Irwin Reese on March 17, 1973 in Sulphur Springs; he preceded her in death in 2006. Lucille was a seamstress, an avid quilter and a member of Lake Highlands Baptist Church.
Survivors include: daughters, Margaret Briggs of McKinney, TX, Mary Moses of Point, TX, Patsy Provence and husband Carroll of Wills Point, TX, Reba Rubio of Royse City, TX; daughter-in-law, Mary Sue Sartin; grandchildren, Glenn Briggs, James Briggs, Janet Lemke, Johnny Dotson, Valerie Richardson, David Moses, Greg Moses, Margaret Loucks, Lisa Vargas, Linda Wass, Jeff Provence, Johnny Sartin, Aaron Sartin, Carla Nordin, Samuel Rubio, Angela Prandy; thirty-seven great grandchildren and fifteen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by: parents; eight brothers and sisters; sons, Arlon Sartin and Johnny Bob Sartin; daughter, Mavis Dotson; sons-in-law, Randy Briggs, Jerry Moses, Ramey Rubio, and Robert Dotson; daughter-in-law, Bonnie Sue Sartin; grandsons, John Briggs and Robert Dotson; and one great-great-grandchild.
Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.