Dean and Jean flew airplanes together, including flying competition aerobatics. Jean was Dean’s soul mate, business partner and co-pilot. Dean loved automobiles and would take Bobby and Martha cruising in his latest beauty, which included a turquoise Oldsmobile convertible and a fire engine red MGB convertible.Īs a senior in college, Dean met his beautiful bride, Jean Ellington, and married her on May 30, 1964, at the First Methodist Church in Jean’s hometown of Lyford, Texas. Dean gave up Boy Scout Troop 383 and his paper route to get a “real job” at the neighborhood grocery store so he could buy his first car at 16. As a child, he delivered papers for the Bryan Daily Eagle on his bicycle until he could afford a motor scooter. 28, 1938, in Bryan, Texas, Dean was the son of the late Robert Thomas and Vivian Martin and big brother to Bobby and Martha Ann. Dean would go on to serve his country with distinction as a jumpmaster parachutist in the 82nd Airborne Division, earn a degree in aerospace engineering at Texas A&M and launch several successful businesses.īorn on Jan. Dean Thomas, 84, peacefully landed in the loving arms of his creator on July 18, 2022, signing off on a life that he described as a “good run.”ĭean’s only regret was that he stopped one badge short of becoming an Eagle Scout. Mary lived to see the spark of understanding in the eyes of a child and continued to learn Once Ronny was kindergarten age, she began teaching at Pickens First Baptist Kindergarten, where she continued to teach and open the minds of small children to the world for 38 years. They enjoyed 59 years of marriage before he passed away in 2007.Īfter her marriage, she began working at REA (now Blue Ridge Electric Co-op) until their children, Ronny and Penny, were born.
Before graduating from Pickens High School in 1947 (the last year the school had only 11 grades) she began working at Finley’s Market, where she met Hubert William Lark, who she eventually married in 1948. It was always very important to her to acknowledge the impact he made on not only their lives, but the lives of many. When her father died at the young age of 39, the family was taken in by her uncle, Earl Moser, who helped provide for them, along with numerous other family members. 1, 1930, in Pickens, to James Gilliland and Ressie Mae Moser Holder. 24, 2022, at Foothills Retirement Community, where she had enjoyed residing for the past five and a half years. Mary Mauldin Holder Lark, 92, passed away on Wednesday, Aug.
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