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- Mary Sue Pingleton Lewis, age 93, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Alamogordo, NM. Mary was born on November 27, 1922 in Haleyville, Oklahoma to Julius Boss Pingleton and Rachel Hendricks Pingleton.
When her husband, David, retired from the United States Navy, they moved to Krebs, Oklahoma, and eventually moved to Portales, New Mexico in 1973. Mary had been a resident of Alamogordo, New Mexico for the past 18 years where she resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Velma and Scott Pearson. Mary also traveled extensively and lived in many other states through her life as a military wife, including Oklahoma, Tennessee and Florida.
Mary was a homemaker but had worked for a time at the Naval Ammunitions Department in Oklahoma where she was a bomb maker. Her life revolved around her children and she gave them all a great deal of love and fond memories. As she started having grandchildren she would spend her time enjoying being a grandmother. Mary was also involved in the Mormon Church until she moved to Alamogordo. Mary was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She touched the lives of not only her children, but their friends and eventually their spouses and many other people in different ways. Mary did not have anything negative to say about anyone and everyone that knew her always talked about what a good mother she was and that she was always kind.
Mary is survived by her children, Glen Dickerson and Catherine of Taos, New Mexico, Gene Lewis of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Dean Lewis and Linda of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Kay (Lewis) Brewer of Austin, Texas, David Lewis of Clarksville, Arkansas, Tom Lewis of Queens Creek, Arizona, John Lewis and Deborah of Portales, New Mexico, Scott Pearson of Alamogordo, New Mexico and Steve Lewis and Dorothy of Roswell, NM and a brother, Gene Pingleton and Nora of Norman, Oklahoma. Mary had 15 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Julius Pingleton and Rachel Pingleton, her first husband, Elder Doyle Dickerson, her second husband, David W. Lewis, a daughter, Velma R. Lewis Pearson, brother, Mark Pingleton, brother, Spike Pingleton, a grandson, Mark Lewis and a daughter-in-law, Sherrill Lewis.
Mary will be interred at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Friday March 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
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