Marye Lynch

    Marye Grant Lynch was born on January 6, 1920 to Walter Monroe Grant and Minnie Mae Lawler Grant in Deport, Lamar County, Texas. She was deceased on Saturday, January 12, 2019 in Austin, Texas at age 99 years and six days.
    She graduated high school at Deport, Texas and then attended Texas School of Cosmetology. She passed her Texas State Board Exam October 2, 1939.
    She married Clarence Gayland Norris on June 18, 1942 and they were employed by an oil company to draw maps of the new oil fields. They traveled with the geology crew for many years. Mr. Norris passed away 1958 in Lamesa, Texas. Marye then worked as a hairdresser in Lamesa, Texas and at the Lamesa hospital. 
    She Married Cecil A. Lynch on June 09, 1967 in Dawson County, Texas. They moved to Austin, Texas where she worked as an Inspector for the Texas State Board of Cosmetology until she retired.
    Marye was active in the Crestview Community, Al Anon, Eastern Star, and Presbyterian Church of Austin for many years. Cecil Lynch passed away in 1989.  Marye was a member of the Porcelain Arts Club and exhibited plates she had painted. 
    She is survived by her stepson, James T. Lynch and wife Linda; grandsons, John B. Lynch, Blake Lynch, and Mark Lynch; stepdaughter, Dee Davis; granddaughters, Susan Gorsline and Martha Overby; grandson, Nathan Davis; and great-grandchildren, Alisha, Kayla, Lindsey, Eric, and Kevin Davis.
    She is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Minnie Grant; husband Gayland Norris; husband Cecil A. Lynch; step-grandchildren, Gordon Davis, and Keith Davis; great-grand-children, Jonathan Lynch and Jackson Lynch.
    Many thanks to caregivers Anita, Jackie, and Hospice of Austin, Texas. 
    A graveside funeral service was held on Monday, January 14, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in the Highland Cemetery, Lamar County, Deport, Texas, under the direction of Wood Funeral Homes of Deport and Bogota, Texas.
    A good stepmom is not made – she is built. She is built by the hardships of her role, the tears she cries in secret, and by the lessons she learns through trial and error. The passionate stepmom lives in all of us. She makes mistakes. She has strong opinions that she often cannot express. She remains quiet when she wants to scream. She makes sacrifices others may not know about. She learns how to love in many different ways and she gives. She gives her heart, her soul and her life to making sure a child she did not give birth to smiles, has wonderful memories, and most importantly feels loved.
– Press-Reporter obituary services