In Loving Memory
Mary Ellen Dillard
3/14/1930 — 11/9/2022
Claybar-Funeral-Home
A Life Remembered
Obituary
Mary Ellen Dillard
Mary Ellen Dillard, 92, of Orange, passed away on November 9, 2022, peacefully at home.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday November 17, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m., Thursday November 17, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born on March 14, 1930, in Orange, Texas, she was the daughter of Fred Lenhard and Jannie Graham Lenhard. Mary was a longtime member of Wesley United Methodist Church. She was also a member of Sunset Grove Country Club and the DERA. Mary loved playing golf and was able to play all over the world. Mary enjoyed working in her yard and loved dancing. She was loved and cherish by many. Mary will deeply be missed by all those who got to know a talented and wonderful lady.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Prentice Dillard; son Jimmy Stanley; and brother, Troy Lenhard.
She is survived by her son, Donald Stanley of Orange, Texas; grandchildren, Bubba Stanley, Brandi Crochet, Makin Ledford, and Mason Stanley; great-grandchildren, Sky and Shayden Crochet, Kimberly Coble, and Chris Driskell.
Serving as pallbearers will be Bubba Stanley, Makin Ledford, Shelton Crochet, Greg Wolfford.
Mary Ellen Dillard, 92, of Orange, passed away on November 9, 2022, peacefully at home.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday November 17, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m., Thursday November 17, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Born on March 14, 1930, in Orange, Texas, she was the daughter of Fred Lenhard and Jannie Graham Lenhard. Mary was a longtime member of Wesley United Methodist Church. She was also a member of Sunset Grove Country Club and the DERA. Mary loved playing golf and was able to play all over the world. Mary enjoyed working in her yard and loved dancing. She was loved and cherish by many. Mary will deeply be missed by all those who got to know a talented and wonderful lady.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Prentice Dillard; son Jimmy Stanley; and brother, Troy Lenhard.
She is survived by her son, Donald Stanley of Orange, Texas; grandchildren, Bubba Stanley, Brandi Crochet, Makin Ledford, and Mason Stanley; great-grandchildren, Sky and Shayden Crochet, Kimberly Coble, and Chris Driskell.
Serving as pallbearers will be Bubba Stanley, Makin Ledford, Shelton Crochet, Greg Wolfford.
Service Details
Gatherings in remembrance
Visitation
Thursday, November 17, 2022 · 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Claybar Funeral Home Orange, 504 5th Street, Orange, 77630
Funeral Service
Thursday, November 17, 2022 · 2:00 PM
Claybar Funeral Home Orange, 504 5th Street, Orange, 77630
Messages of Love
From family and friends
Wyman And Joan Ogden
November 14, 2022
Wyman and JoAn Ogden purchased the Basket of Memories for the family of Mary Ellen Dillard.
Jerry Knight
November 13, 2022
The "Shoe Lady". Always helpful and sweet at the DuPont shoe store.
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