Mozelle Mabry

b. 4 December 1919, d. 17 December 2012
  • Mozelle Mabry was born on 4 December 1919 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, at 110 21st.
  • James Francis Mabry and Zettie Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, at 110 South 21st Street enumerated next to the household of Zettie's sister Daisy Brown.. Other members of the household included Mozelle Mabry, James Francis Mabry Jr. and Katherine Genelle Mabry.
  • James Francis Mabry and Zettie Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, at 110 South 21st. Other members of the household included Mozelle Mabry, James Francis Mabry Jr., Katherine Genelle Mabry, Billie Nan Mabry, Edwin Riebe Mabry and Lane Teague Mabry.
  • The following appeared on 26 April 1933 in The Abilene Morning News: (Temple, April 25) Lane Mabry, 5, a son of James Mabry, Temple blacksmith, died in a hospital at Bolton today of burns received last night when the family car overturned and caught fire on a road 11 miles west of Belton.
         The older Mabry and his wife were burned seriously, Mozelle, 8, suffered a broken arm. Three children at a house nearly pulled Billy Mabry from the flaming car and Marvin Truelove, who was in a passing car, rescued Mr. and Mrs. Mabry.
         The car, carrying 11 persons, plunged off a culvert into a deep ditch after its lights went out. Mabry said the machine was moving slowly, following the lights of a car ahead, when its wheels slipped off the side of a culvert.
  • She married William Howard Mecom on 21 August 1937.
  • Mozelle Mabry became a widow at the 23 November 2002 death of her husband William Howard Mecom.
  • Mozelle Mabry died on 17 December 2012 at age 93 in Ennis, Elllis County, Texas.
  • She was interred at North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County, Texas.
  • The following was published online by J. E. Keever Mortuary: Mozelle Mecom, 93, passed away in Ennis, Texas on Monday, December 17, 2012.
         Mozelle was born in Belton, Texas on December 4, 1919 to James and Zettie Mabry. She grew up in Belton and graduated from Belton High School in 1935. On August 21, 1937 she married Howard Mecom and they made their home in Belton, Texas, LaMirada, California and finally in Ennis, Texas.
         She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church of Ennis.
         She is survived by sons: Jim Mecom and his wife, Jane and Joe Mecom and his wife, Sherry; two grandchildren: Chris and Michael Mecom; three great-grandchildren: Zac, Katelin and Alex Mecom and one great-great-grandchild: Lainey Maldonado.
         She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son, three brothers and two sisters.
         Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Heartsfield Funeral Home, 503 N. Main, Belton, Texas from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the North Belton Cemetery with Rev. Richard Moody officiating under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.
         Memorial in Mozelle’s name may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1200 Country Club Road, Ennis, Texas 75119.
  • Last Edited: 14 Aug 2016

Family: William Howard Mecom b. 13 March 1919, d. 23 November 2002