HomeMy WebLinkAboutMary Bernita Armacost, 12.3.1918-05.09.2009 `t\ Mary was born on December 3, 1918 in Newton County, Miss.,
the daughter of Evan and Nettie (Parks) Johnston. She grew
up in the small town, Chunky, Miss., close to Meridian Miss.
Dec. 3, 1918 - May 9, 2009 After graduating High School, she attended East Central Junior
College in Decatur, Miss. She majored in home economics and
Mary Bernita Armacost, 90, loving earned an Associates of Arts Degree in May 1938. She went to
wife, mother and devoted grandmother: - work in the County Agricultural Department as assistant to the
passed from this life on Saturday, May Y home demonstration agent. While working there, she decided to
9, 2009, at Crestview Retirement , take a Civil Service exam and a few days after the attack on Pearl
Community in Bryan, Texas. Visitation Harbor she received a telegram from Washington, D.C. inviting
will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, her to go to work for the Federal Government. She moved to
May 13, at James Crowder Funeral Washington, D.C. and went to work as a clerk typist in the
Home in La Marque, Texas. A funeral U.S. Military Intelligence Service on the night shift. While in
service is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, May Washington, D.C. she met and married Dale W. Armacost, who
14, at First United Methodist Church was stationed in Washington, D. C. with the U.S. Army. They
of La Marque with Dr. Michael Deaton and the Rev. Mike Selzer met through mutual friends and were married on November 4,
presiding. Entombment will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery 1945. She worked for the U.S. War Department for five years
in Webster, Texas. and rose to Administrative Assistant of the Intelligence Branch
message center. In 1946, she and her husband moved back to his
home of Findlay, Ohio. In 1962, she and her husband moved to
La Marque, Texas and in July 2006, she moved to Bryan, Texas.
She was an active member of La Marque First United Methodist
Church for more than 40 years and served in many leadership
positions. She was a member of the Mainland Center Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary, with over 8,000 volunteer hours and was past
President from 1993 - 1994. She was also a member of the Order
Of The Eastern Star, Findlay Chapter No. 23 in Findlay, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Armacost; her
parents, Evan and Nettie Johnston; in-laws, Joseph and Ethel
(Noggle) Armacost; brother-in-law, Roy Round of Newton,
Miss.; sister-in-law, Berneida Ritter and husband, Max, of North
Baltimore, Ohio, and sister-in-law, Martha Armacost, of Findlay,
Ohio.
Survivors include her sons, Ted Armacost and wife, Kristi, of
Midland, Texas, Joe Armacost and wife, Linda, of College Station,
Texas; sister, Belva Pleasants and husband, Hal, of Minter City,
Miss.; sister, Ruth Round, of Newton, Miss.; brother-in-law, Orva
Armacost, of Findlay, Ohio; grandchildren, Paul Armacost, of
Hitchcock, Texas, Chris Armacost and wife, Brandi, of Hitchcock,
Texas, Sheri Emberton and husband, Ronald, of Bedias, Texas,
Tera Dillard and husband, Frank, of Cypress, Texas Edwin Barnes
and wife, Lynda, of Poynor, Texas; step-granddaughter, Shasta
Bartlett and husband, Robert, of Austin; great-grandchildren,
Megan and Abigail Armacost, Matthew and Sarah Barnes, Kiera
Mathis, Lauren and Trey Dillard.
Pallbearers will be Chris Armacost, Paul Armacost, Edwin
Barnes, Ron Emberton, Frank Dillard, Lamar Prewitt, and John
Hartley.
The Family would like to express their special thanks to the staff,
nurses and aids of Crestview Retirement Community in Bryan,
Texas.
Memorials may be sent to Crestview Retirement Community,
2505 E. Villa Maria Road, Bryan, Texas 77802-2038, or La
Marque First United Methodist Church, 1825 Howell, La
Marque, Texas 77568.