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Whitesboro - Funeral services for Mary Rives, 89, were held Saturday, November 16, 2013 in the First United Methodist Church in Whitesboro with Rev. Ken Hildebrand officiating. Interment followed the service at Oakwood Cemetery in Whitesboro. All service arrangements were under the direction of Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro.
Mary was born August 18, 1924 near Wellington to Edward and Tennie Cooke Crews. In September 1925 a brother, who died in September 1931, was born. Mary's parents separated and she spent her childhood under the care of her father who remarried and gave Mary two half-brothers, George and John, and one half-sister, Edwina. As a teenager, Mary went to live with her mother and a loving stepfather, Ira Walls.
In 1942 Mary graduated from Shamrock High School. On June 30, 1943 she married Glyn Rives who was shortly drafted into military service. While he was overseas, she worked at Phillips Petroleum Company at Borger.
On January 1, 1949 she gave birth to her only child, Carolyn Sue. Since she was the first child born in Borger in 1949, she was recognized as "Miss Borger."
Until Mary was 41, she was a home builder and a pastor's wife; however, at that time, she decided she wanted to fulfill her dream to graduate from college and become a teacher. She enrolled and graduated from Ottumwa Heights Junior College in Ottumwa, Iowa. Because of an allergy problem with Sue, the family moved to Denton in 1966 where Mary enrolled at and graduated from TWU in June 1969 and began teaching in September 1969.
Mary taught school for 15 years in Rowlett, Wichita Falls, Whitesboro and Wylie. In 1974 under Grayson County COOP, Mary began the special education program in Whitesboro Middle School. At Wylie she continued providing for the first grade students who needed special care.
Upon retirement Mary continued to have an interest in those who might have special needs. She worked part time for the Wylie United Methodist Church, visiting the homebound, sick and bereaved. Upon moving back to Whitesboro, she served as a volunteer to help children in school with reading skills; delivered meals for Meals on Wheels (SNAP) for years; served for years as a Home Hospice Volunteer for West Grayson County; helped with meals for the bereaved at the First Methodist Church; and shared her garage with the UMV to store their paper and aluminum cans, which were sold for mission purposes.
In 2003 Mary was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She was able to live at home until July 1, 2008 when she entered Whitesboro Health and Rehab Center, where she died at 12:45 a.m. on November 12, 2013.
Survivors in Mary's immediate family are husband; daughter, Carolyn Sue Harris and husband, Chuck, of Grand Prairie; granddaughter, Jennifer Harris, of Austin; grandson, Chris Harris and wife, Scarlett, of Portland, Oregon; and great-granddaughter, Skylar Harris of Portland, Oregon.
Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church and will be shared between Home Hospice, the Alzheimer's Association, and the First United Methodist Church. - - - Meador Funeral Home

Funeral services for Rev. Glyn Rives, 88, were held Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Whitesboro with Rev. Ken Hildebrand officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery in Whitesboro under the direction of Meador Funeral Home.
Rev. Rives died Sunday, December 29, 2013 in Plano.
He was born June 5, 1925 in Wheeler, Texas to Wilburn Fletcher Rives and Gladys Iba Beaty Rives. He married Mary Verells Crews on June 30, 1943 in Shamrock, Texas. He also served in the US Army during WWII. Glyn was a Methodist minister and was the former pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Whitesboro.
Survivors include his child, Carolyn Sue Harris; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and sister, LeWanda Hicks.