Mary Elizabeth Darnell

FORT WORTH -- Mary Elizabeth Darnell, 84, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 4 p.m. Thursday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Interment: 1 p.m. Friday in Memory Gardens of Edna in Edna. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Mary was born March 8, 1924, in Sugar Loaf, Ark., to E.C. and Ida Lee Miller Gill. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She loved Bible studies, music, dancing and spending time with family and friends. She also loved her pets very much. Mary was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 49 years, Raymond O. Darnell, Jan. 19, 1992. Survivors: Son, Ray Darnell and wife, Suzanne, of Granbury; brother, Edgar L. Gill and wife, Mickie, of Angleton; sister, Virginia Sims of Conyers, Ga.; sisters-in-law, Faye Smith of Corpus Christi and Lois Payne of Conroe; cousin, Jane Vardeman of Houston; grandchildren, Laurie Raulerson, David Lucas; great-grandchildren, Tanner, Trevor, Allyssa Lucas and Natalie, Townes Raulerson; and many extended family and friends.