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Mrs. Bettye Minze Thomas Parish
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Mrs. Bettye Minze Thomas Parish

November 7, 1938 - April 25, 2017

Funeral services for Bettye Minze Thomas Parish, 78, of Gilmer will be held 11a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017 at McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. David Jackson officiating. The family will receive friends at 10a.m. prior to the service. Interment will be at Hopewell Cemetery. Mrs. Parish was born November 7, 1938 to Lenard and Virgia Minze in Emmett, TX and passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Gilmer. She retired after 23 years from Union Hill I.S.D. as the Business Manager. She loved Union Hill School so very much. Bettye is preceded in death by her parents; second husband, Tom Frank Parish; 2 brothers, Palmer Ray Minze and Infant brother Minze. Those left to cherish her memory are the father of her children, Jimmy W. Thomas; daughter Deb Howell and husband Philip; son Brad Thomas; sister Wanda McFatridge Steed; granddaughter Misty Stracener Sprouse and husband Dennis; great grandchildren Keegan and MaKenna Sprouse; nephews Jeff McFatridge and Tim McFatridge; stepchildren Charlette McCallum, Belinda and Larry Drennan, Jhovette and Doug Hightree, also Cindy and Mark Stewart. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Thomas, Dr. Eugene Foster, Doug Hightree, Kenneth Downs, R.T. Wallace, and Jr. Waller. In Lieu of flowers please donate in Bettye’s honor to Hearts Way Hospice P.O. Box 5608 Longview, TX 75608 or to the Hopewell Cemetery c/o Fendley Tucker 818 Neches Dr. Tyler, TX 75702 Please visit Bettye’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

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Funeral services for Bettye Minze Thomas Parish, 78, of Gilmer will be held 11a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017 at McWhorter Funeral Home with Bro. David Jackson officiating. The family will receive friends at 10a.m. prior to the service. Interment... View Obituary & Service Information

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