Mary Ellen Pritchard

Mary E. Pritchard, 83, died January 09, 2021, after a courageous battle surviving Covid-19, only to have to fight the continued impact and toll it took on her body. She died peacefully in her sleep at the hospital. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. The family asks that you remember her by doing something kind for someone in need, such as donating to a food bank or animal shelter or offering kinds words or a helping hand to someone who needs it, as she often did.

Mary was born on June 25, 1937, in Coalgate, Oklahoma and was one of 2 sisters and 6 brothers. She described herself as “the oldest daughter, who helped my father and grandmother raise the younger children. I was always close to her my father.” She was a student and basketball player at Coalgate High School through her Junior year and a graduate of Capital Hill High School in Oklahoma City, where she finished off her high school education in 1956. At school, she and her sister, Martha, were known as the “Mowdy Girls” and remained close, and best friends their whole lives.

After graduation, she married Stanley E. Pritchard when he returned from the Korean War. Their love story is seen in the letters they wrote back and forth to each other during their time apart. They settled in Oklahoma City, where they welcomed their daughter, Donna. They then moved to the Dallas community in the early 1960's, a place they called home for the rest of their lives. She and Stan celebrated over 61 years of marriage, until his passing in 2017. She lost their daughter, Donna, to cancer in 2005.

Mary worked for over 30 years as a Century Twenty-One Realtor and Top Producer establishing a successful real estate business in Carrollton, Texas, by helping others realize their dreams of owning a home.

Her interests included her family, genealogy, the great love of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers.

She is survived by her grandson, Stanford James Lane, her great grandson, Michael James Wall, brother, Floyd Mowdy, her nieces, Patricia Pritchard, Paula Pritchard, Pamela Gersbach and husband, Dan Gersbach, great nephew, Hunter Gersbach, step daughter, Bridgett Bonds, step - grand daughter, Heather Brigham Hunt and her family, and many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, sister-in-laws, and many more that she considered family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Stanley Pritchard, her beloved daughter, Donna Pritchard-Lane, her parents, Elmer and Fairl, her sister and best friend, Martha, and her brothers, Jesse, Jerry, Elmo, Manuel and James.