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Jean Morris Bentley passed away at Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman. She was born to William Van and Iva Dee Downey Morris. Jean married Mark T. Bentley June 15, 1947 in Anthony Kansas.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Whitesboro, where she served as Director of Young Married and Senior Adult Departments. Jean was active, along with her husband in Senior Adult bus Ministry. She helped with Prayer Chapel Ministry and helped form the Beareavement Committee at the First Baptist Church.
Jean's hobbies were sewing and painting. She was a charter member of Decorative Painting Chapter, Wildflowers of Texoma, in Sherman and a member of the National Society of Decorative Painters headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
Survivors include her husband; 3 daughters; 1 son; 11 grandchidren; 18 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Joan Wright; a grandson, Jake Sandlin; a sister, Wilma May Ford and brother Billy Duane Morris

Whitesboro - Funearl services for Mark Thomas Bentley, 95 were held Thursday, July 15, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Whitesboro with Rev. Mike Flanagan officiating. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery; services under the direction of Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro.
Mark passed away on Monday, July 13, 2015 in a Lewisville nursing facility.
He was born August 16, 1919 in Whitesboro to William Thomas Bentley and Emma Lee Brooks Bentley. Mark served in the U.S. Army during World War II, part of the time attached to the Army Medical Corps and the Air Force. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant. On June 15, 1947 he married Jean Morris in Anthony, Kansas. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Whitesboro, serving in the Church Bus Ministry since 1984 and was also active in the Brotherhood, Texas Baptist Men and as Secretary of the Senior Adult Men's Class.
Survivors include 3 daughters, Shirlee Stewart and husband, David, of Lewisville; Jeanelle Rao and husband, Dale, of Granbury; and Marchele Metcalfe and husband, Ron, of Lake Kiowa; a step-son, Gerald W. Woodford of Gainesville; 4 sisters, Nell J. Reager of Whitesboro; Mary Findley of Denison; Patricia Douglas and husband, Craven, of Flower Mound; and Blair Read and husband, Richard, of The Woodlands; 6 grandchildren, 6 step-grandchildren and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife; a step-daughter, Joan Wright; a grandson, Jacob Sandlin.
Members of the Brother hood at First Baptist Church served as pallbearers.