Georgia Pugh

Services for Georgia Pugh, 99, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Don Brown officiating.

Mrs. Pugh passed away Sept. 24, 2014, in Grand Saline. She was born, March 1, 1915, in Edgewood to Thomas Elisha and Willie Murrey Vickery. Georgia spent her early years in Edgewood and the last 78 years in Grand Saline. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she attended the Stanley Friedline and Pairs and Spares Sunday School classes. She also served many years on the church council. Mrs. Pugh owned and operated Pugh Hardware from 1946 to 2002 and continued the bookkeeping until 2012. She was Den Mother for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and was very active with her husband in the Grand Saline Volunteer Fire Department.

Mrs. Pugh was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marion Perry Pugh Sr.; three brothers, Worth Vickery, James Vickery and Thomas Elisha "Tot" Vickery; and five sisters, Gladys Mills, Winnie Grier, Audrey Dugan, Doreen Tucker and Pauline Smith.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and "Sam" Pugh and Marion Perry "Mutt" and Nancy Pugh, all of Grand Saline; daughter and son-in-law, Emile and Harry Clifford, of Grand Saline; sister-in-law, Bobbi Pugh, of Longview; five grandchildren, Travis Lane Clifford, Tim Hays, David Pugh, Andrea Marshall and Scott Hines; five great-grandchildren, Jaxson Clifford, Harley Clifford, Matthew Hays, Stephen Hays and Brittany; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Jay Mills, Don Bryant, Travis Clifford, Bob Gray, Randal Gary, John Rash, John Hodge and Richard Ingrim.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Grand Saline.

Special thanks to Cheryl Thompson, Beth Thorn, Melinda Looney, Jana Snow and Autumn Wood Hospice.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.