Obituary

Mary Ann Stair, 67, of Plainview, passed away at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Baylor Medical Center of Dallas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 1, 2006, in First Baptist Church Family Life Chapel with Dr. Travis Hart, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. Stair was born on June 8, 1938, in Lockney, Texas, to Hugh Edward and Eathyl Inez Murphy Marble. Mary Ann graduated from Lockney High School in 1956 and married James Donald Stair on July 10, 1956, in Lockney. She lived six miles east of Plainview and lived in Hale County for 50 years. She was a member of the Busy Hands Home Demonstration Club and Diabetic Club in Plainview. Mary had been an avid seamstress, active in the Plainview 4-H Club and was a member of First Baptist Church. Mary Ann is survived by one daughter, Cindy Stair Hathaway and husband John of Austin; three sons, Gary Stair and wife Susan of Tyler, Jerry Stair of Round Rock and Koy Stair of Wolfforth; and five grandchildren, Lauren and Meredith Stair of Lubbock, Sarah and Katherine Stair of Tyler and Connor Hathaway of Austin. Mrs. Stair is preceded in death by her husband, James Donald Stair; eldest son, James Monty Stair, and a brother, Max Hugh Marble. Memorials may be made to Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center, 3710 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79415 A visitation for family and friends will be from 4-6 p.m. today at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com