Mary Gene McGilvray

LINDEN TX-Funeral services for Mary Gene McGilvray, 87, of Linden, will be at 10:00 am, Monday, June 25, 2012 at Linden United Methodist Church with Rev. James McMillan officiating. Interment will follow in Linden Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home, Inc. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6:00pm Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. McGilvray was born February 21, 1925 in Union Chapel to Robert Pinson and Stella Brabham. She passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 at her home in Linden. She graduated from Atlanta High School and attended Texas Womans University. Mrs. McGilvray was a member of Linden United Methodist Church and the Fellowship Sunday School Class, also the Good Shepherd Medical Center Auxiliary. She married Victor O. McGilvray on August 1, 1946 in Texarkana, Texas. Preceding her in death were her parents, a brother, Robert Brabham, three sisters, Mattie Sue Ramsey, Esma Cummings and Martha Huleen Coen. Survivors include her loving husband of 65 years, Victor O. McGilvray of Linden; daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Bill Mulvany of Texarkana, Arkansas; a son, Joe Pat McGilvray of Linden; grand daughter and grandson-in-law, Christy and Shad Wooldridge of Portales, NM; three great grandchildren, Blake Thompson of Lawton, Oklahoma, Greg Wooldridge and Maggie Wooldridge of Portales, NM; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.