Mary Louise  Stafford

    Funeral service for Mary Louise Stafford, 96, of Lamesa, will be held Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church Chapel with Pastor Jim Medley officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Branon Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Dawson County Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Branon Funeral Home.
    Louise passed away August 16, 2024, in Lamesa, Tx.  She was born October 1, 1927, to Samuel Byron and Lenora (Davis) O’Bannon in Ironton, Missouri. She married Windell Allen Stafford September 6, 1945, in Sparenberg, Texas. They were married 74 years.
    After graduating she became a partner & seamstress in her own company manufacturing men’s shirts. During her early years, she was an account manager for Sears Roebuck & Co., and a teller at Lamesa National Bank from 1957-1961. Louise also drove a school bus in the early 1970’s for Lamesa ISD.
    Louise was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She had a cheerful personality, a quick wit and a beautiful smile that greeted people throughout her life. She was a planner for the future, devoted to the family business and partnered with her husband Windell and son Douglas in the cotton farming industry.
Louise is survived by her son, Douglas Stafford (Sandra) of Lamesa; daughter, Margaret Stafford Wheet and husband Richard of Waco; three grandchildren, Vaughn Stafford and wife Kristen of Lamesa, Diana Stafford Conlee and husband Sam of Dallas and Matthew Stafford of Lamesa; great grandchildren, Aiden Conlee and Natalie Conlee both of Dallas, Sadie Lynn Stafford of Lamesa, and Skylar Timms-Zeman of Lubbock.
    She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Windell; great-grandson, Sterling Stafford; and brothers, W.E. Jack O’Bannon, Glynn O’Bannon, Edgar O’Bannon, and Samuel Byron O’Bannon.
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