MARY LOUISE PUGH WALTON, 80, of Ranger, TX
passed away April 30, 2021 in Wichita Falls, TX,
with burial in the Cross Rds Cemetery near Ranger.
Mary Louise Pugh Walton was born to Willard & Lera
Pugh (both RHS-1938) on Aug. 10, 1940 in Snyder,
OK. She attended Ranger High School in the Class
of 1958. Mary, better known as Ma, was a beloved
wife, mother and friend. She spent her life serving
God and loving everyone around her. She traveled
across the country as a military wife, raising their
four kids until they settled back down in her hometown
of Ranger where they started and ran Crossroads Tree
Farm. Her life long love outside of her family was
teaching Bible class, which she did for nearly 60
years. Ma passed peacefully on April 30th in the arms
of her husband of nearly 63 years, and surrounded by
family. Her kind, sweet spirit lives on in her kids,
grandkids, great-grand kids and every other person
whose life she touched in her 80 years on this Earth.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Willard Lee
Pugh, Jr. (RHS-1959)
Survivors include her husband, Hal Walton; 2 sons,
Hal Walton, Jr. (Camilla), and Michael Walton (Deana);
2 daughters, Patricia Stancill (Randy), & Kathy McGarry
(Mike); 2 sisters, Shirley Pugh Walton (RHS-1961, Tom),
and Barbara Perry (James); 10 grandchildren; and 9 great-
grandchildren.
HUSBAND: HAL E. WALTON SR., 85, of Ranger, TX, passed
from this life surrounded by family on Sept. 14, 2021
in Wichita Falls, TX, with burial in the Cross Road
Cemetery near Ranger.
Hal was born in Las Vegas, NM on Nov. 29, 1935 to Edgar
& Vera Walton; enlisted in the Navy in 1954; married
Mary Pugh in 1958; transferred to Chief Warrant Officer
in the Army in 1972; retired from military service in
1975 and moved to Ranger where he worked in retail, oil
field supply, pig farming, LP gas, and Christmas tree
farming.
Hal was preceded in death by both his parents, a sister
Jennie Walton Rawls (RHS-1961), and his wife of 63 years,
Mary.
Hal is survived by two sisters, Martha Ervin and husband
Tom, and Peggy King and husband Lee; a brother, Tom and
wife Shirley; four children, Hal Jr. and wife Camilla,
Patricia Stancill and husband Randy, Michael and wife
Dena, and Kathy McGarry and husband Mike; 10 grand-
children; and 9 great-grandchildren.
Hal’s devotion to family was superseded only by his
devotion to his God. A faithful member of the Mesquite
and Rusk Church of Christ in Ranger, Texas, Hal served
as a deacon then as an elder for many years. He lived
a full life and blessed many along the way.