University of Texas Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Mary Baxter
ODESSA - Mary Marjorie Baxter passed away on May 11, 2021, in Odessa, Texas. She was born on April 25, 1923, in Bonham Texas, to Maurice and Helen Miller. She was the oldest of three daughters, and she described their idyllic childhood spent on a farm near Farmington, Texas. She began school in a one room schoolhouse and completed her education, graduating from Howe High School in 1940. She attended The University of North Texas where she met her future husband William (Bill) Baxter. They...
