Mary Hamrick

GRAND PRAIRIE -- Mary C. Hamrick, 89, a retired sportswear buyer, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2007. Memorial service: 4 p.m. Saturday at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Memorials: Operation Kindness, 3201 Earhart Drive, Carrollton, Texas 75006. Mary was born March 25, 1918, in Port Arthur, the daughter of John Willard and Clara Townsend Cockrill. She loved animals, reading, traveling, and especially loved her family. Survivors: Children, Bill Hamrick and wife, Joy, Joan Gardner and husband, Jim, and Kay Rifkin; grandchildren, Brian Kunz and wife, Dawna, Jana Davis, Kathy Fuller, Kristen Faircloth and husband, Larry, Stephanie Recoy and husband, Tony, Andrea Blount and husband, Michael, Bart Gardner and Megan McClendon and husband, Gabe; 15 great-grandchildren; and devoted friends, Mary Lee Brown and husband, Bobby. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mary Hamrick please visit our Sympathy Store.