Mary Frances Mohon
d. July 27, 2011
Date Died: July 27, 2011
Decatur: Mary Frances Mohon, 81, went to be with our Lord Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at her home in Decatur, Texas.
Funeral is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at Coker-Hawkins Chapel with Bo West officiating. Burial will be in Mohon Family Cemetery. Family will receive friends 6 - 8 p.m. Friday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home.
Pallbearers: Craig Gajdos, Vincent Kuhnen, Jimmy Agnus, Butch Copeland, Nevin Harper, and Roger Branch.
Mary was born June 14, 1930 in Memphis, Texas to Frank Leslie and Minnie Mae (Rayfield) Helm. She married Holland Duane Mohon on April 24, 1948 in Denton, Texas. Mary loved playing the fiddle, as well as other musical instruments including the piano, accordion, guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo. She played with "Texas Shorty", Willie Nelson, and Bob Shelton and she won many fiddle contests. She was an avid flower lover. Her yard was beautiful! Her most cherished memories included her kids, grandkids, and many "adopted" friends sitting around playing and listening to music.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her daughter, Treon Aleh Dollar of Flower Mound; her two sons, Nealy Ransom Mohon and wife Brenda of Muenster and Tracy Duane Mohon of Decatur; her three grandchildren, Sondra K., Misty Clarine, and Heath Don; her four great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband; parents; 1 brother, James Helm; and 1 sister, Estellina White.
Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home, Decatur, Texas, 940-627-5959