- Funeral services will be held Friday, January 9, 2015 at 10:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church. Officiating will be Rev. Dave Treat. Interment will be held at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.
Mary Ann was born Monday, July 14, 1941 in Graham, Missouri; she was the daughter of Ardith Lowrence Kneale and the late Ernest Kneale. She married M. P. "Phil" McCuistion on March 31, 1963 in Graham, MO. She moved to Vernon in 1976 from St. Joseph, MO. She was a graduate of Northwest Mo. State College in Maryville, Mo. She taught classes at VRJC and had been the Director of Continuing Education for several years. She was the Executive Director of the Red River Valley Museum for some 10 years after retiring the college. She was Founder and President of Western Trail Art Association, and member of the Texas Great Western Cattle Trail Association, Oklahoma Great Western Cattle Trail Association, Kemp Center for the Arts - Cowboy True Committee, Red River Valley Museum Board Member, Past Director, PEO, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and Kappa Phi. She was a former member of Vernon Art League, Dulcimer Society and Pease River Quilt Club. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by
Her Husband
M.P. "Phil" McCuistion of the home
Two Daughters
Laura Gillis & Husband James of Iowa Park, TX.
Cynthia McCuistion Taylor & Husband Paul of Benbrook, TX.
Her Mother
Ardith Kneale of Vernon, TX.
Two Grandsons
Jacob and John Taylor of Benbrook, TX.
One Brother,
Ernest Kneale, Jr. of Lewisville, TX.
Visitation will be Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Sullivan Funeral Home.
Memorials can be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, Texas Oncology of Wichita Falls, First Presbyterian Church Cupboard by Grace or Favorite Charity.
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1941 - 2015 (73 years)
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