MARILYN MURRAY HICKEY BELL, 83, died Feb. 10,
2012, in Fort Worth, TX, with interment at Woodland
Park in Mineral Wells, TX.
She was born Sept. 5, 1928, in Ranger, TX. She
graduated from Ranger High School in 1944 and
attended Texas Tech University. During her
nearly 60 years in Mineral Wells, she was very
active with a wide variety of local charities,
fundraisers and an enthusiastic supporter of
Mineral Wells schools. Marilyn was a member of
First Baptist Church of Mineral Wells, the
Friendship Class, the Junior History Club, the
Mineral Wells Woman's Club, the Red Hat Society
and Holiday Hills Country Club. Marilyn was a
co-owner of the Mineral Wells Index from the
late 1950s to the mid-1970s.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter
Murray and Blanche Talley Murray; her husband, Ross
L. Bell; son, Bobby Jack Hickey Jr.; infant daughter,
Pamela Jane Hickey; and her first husband, Bob Jack
Hickey (RHS-1944). Mavis Smith (RHS-1936) was her
sister.
Survivors at the time of her death: her sister,
Catherine Murray Houghton (RHS-1942) of Dallas;
daughter, Jill Moore of Missouri City; and son,
Jeff Hickey and wife, Charlotte, of Dallas. She
is also survived by her grandchildren, Denise and
Pat Daniels, Kim and Troy Bourgeois, Kenny and
Holly Moore, Terri Hickey, Russell Hickey, Tamara
& Bill Austin, Tyson Hickey and Trey Hickey; &
seven great-grandchildren.