Selma Marie McClure

1930 - 2017

Selma Marie McClure obituary, 1930-2017, Dallas, TX

BORN

1930

DIED

2017

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Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home

10501 Garland Road

Dallas, Texas

Selma McClure Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Aug. 22, 2017.

Selma Marie "Reedy" McClure, aged 87, died peacefully on August 17, 2017 at her temporary residence in The Villages of Lake Highlands, Dallas, Texas. Selma was born July 10, 1930, in Justin, Texas, the daughter of Floyd L. Whittington and Julia Peterson Whittington. Friends and family knew her as Reedy.
Reedy was the youngest of three children. She grew up in the small rural town environment in Justin during the Depression and later wartime rationing.
In 1949, Reedy married the love of her life Richard "Dick" McClure. Soon after their marriage, Reedy and Dick moved to Dallas where he worked at the Ford assembly plant near Fair Park. When Dick was drafted into the Army they lived in Panama for a year. They returned to Dallas where he started his career as a truck driver for Safeway Stores and she worked as a homemaker. They were married 45 years until his death.
Reedy and Dick had many good friends. She especially liked visiting and talking with family and friends. She usually had a joke to tell, and would spend hours visiting at her kitchen table, and could spend an hour on the phone with someone to talk and catch up.
Reedy was predeceased by her husband, her sister Christine and brother George.
Reedy is survived by her son Jim, her son Mark and his wife Katherine, her grandsons Daniel, Brian and Jack, and many family and friends.

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August 24, 2017

Gay Whittington-Hopkins

My dear Aunt Reedy, thank you for taking me under your wing when I was a child. You have left me many super great memories for my treasured remembrances and you will never be forgotten. You are being honored for your kindnesses and sweetness which are too numerous to write here. You will forever be missed, unforgettable, and beloved. Thanks again for all the memories!
Much-o love forevermore from "it's just me, a little girl"

August 24, 2017

Jean Kwapis

Mark,
I am so sorry to hear of your mother's passing. May you and your family find peace at this most difficult time.

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