Alyce McMurry

1920 - 2016

Alyce Egene Evans McMurry, 95, of Crowley passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. Service: 1 p.m. Friday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home, Joshua, with the Rev. Douglas Helms of Fort Worth officiating. Interment: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Alyce was born Nov. 21, 1920. She was a Baptist. She was a native and longtime resident of Johnson County, a 30-year rancher in Pittsburg County, Okla., and a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church. Alyce was the daughter of Will L. and Alice Felder Evans. She married Lawrence James McMurry in 1938; he preceded her in death July 4, 2003. Also preceding her in death were her father and mother; two sons, Wayne McMurry and James Lee McMurry, both of Crowley; daughter, Ann Coder of Burleson; two granddaughters, Andrea McMurry and Cochuan McMurry, both of Crowley; five brothers, Ray B. Evans of Amarillo, W. Grady Evans of Lubbock, Eugene "Sonny" Evans (missing in action as a Marine in World War II) and J. Paul Evans of Crowley; and four sisters, Pauline Evans, of Crowley and Ruby Hinkel, Lydia Sutton and Ruth Sutton, all of Cotulla. Survivors: Sister, Sue Evans Howington and husband, Jim; grandchildren, Stephen Coder and wife, Heather, of Godley, Julie Ann Thames and husband, Eldon, of Crowley and Eric McMurry of Crowley; great-grandchildren, Wimberly Coder of Godley, Andrew Thames of Crowley, Daisy McMurry and Angie McMurry of Crowley; daughters-in-law, Maxine McMurry of Crowley and Mrs. Ginny Dee Smith and husband, Jerry, of Joshua; and numerous extended family, friends and loved ones.