Mary Jean (Bertis) Hair was born in Talihina, Oklahoma on March 23, 1946. She was born to Thomas and Leona Bertis. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Lilly Jackson, brother Wilson Bertis and her husband Wallace Hair, Jr. She is survived by her daughters Karen Mitchell and Barbara Hair, and granddaughter Stephanie Lopez, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Some of the words to describe Mary are kind, giving, strong, determined, amazing, thoughtful, forgiving and most importantly, a loving woman. She enjoyed shopping, yard work, word search puzzles, watching football and Shark Tank and having family visits.
Mary loved the Lord and her faith in the Lord was strong. She was looking for a church home after attending Brook Hollow Baptist Church for years and finally found Galilean Baptist Church. She met quite a few ladies at Galilean who she considered as friends and they would get together a certain day out of the week to have breakfast and fellowship. She was happy that she found a church she could call home. She set aside time to read her bible daily and lived the Christian life.
Her last breath was on January 2, 2024. She was a remarkable mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed.
A viewing was held at Galilean Baptist Church in Cedar Hill, Texas on Monday, January 8, 2024 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. There was a Family Hour at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, before her funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at the Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home Chapel in Durant, Oklahoma with Reverend Matt Wilkerson officiating. Mary was laid to rest in Restland Cemetery in Boswell, Oklahoma following her funeral service.
Those serving as pallbearers were Mark Jackson, Alvie Jackson, Jr., Gilbert Lozano, and Oscar Chavira.
Services were under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, 121 North 5th Street, Durant, Oklahoma 74701. www. holmescoffeymurray.com.
