Lois Fay Spradling Malone, age 93, of Denison, Texas, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. She was born July 31, 1920 in Raines County, near Point, Texas, to the late William (Jerry) Luther and Lovey Louisa Harrell Noyes Hartley. Lois was the 16th of 18 children.
Lois was a person of many talents. In her high school years she liked to play basketball and was captain of her team. She loved to draw, paint, make ceramics, write poems, quilt and work in her flowerbeds.
Lois worked at many jobs throughout her adult life. Her favorites were working in the newspaper field. She worked at the McKinney Courier Gazette, the Allen American and the Penny Saver of McKinney. She sold advertising, wrote stories, and laid out ads.
Lois was a member of Woods Street Church of Christ. She loved God and used her talents to glorify him as reflected in her poetry. Through the years she taught pre-school Bible classes, ladies Bible classes and home Bible studies. One of her favorite memories was of teaching home Bible studies in a campaign to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with the Walnut Hills Church of Christ of Dallas, Texas.
Her children were her pride and joy. She is survived by one son, Jerry Spradling and wife, Bonnie of Denison; daughter, Delores Hall and husband James of Sherman; step-children, Jerry (Buzz) Malone and wife, Linda of Wolfe City and Brenda Swinson of Bonham; grandchildren, Kelly Davidson and wife Kimberly of Van Alstyne, Cindy Gill and husband David of Pottsboro, Tricia Hand and husband Jerry of Fort Worth, Susan Richardson and husband Brian of Lewisville; 13 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Carrie Hartley of Farmersville (who is 105 years of age); and many loving nieces and nephews.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, John Jr. Spradling, who passed away in 1978; second husband, Ray Malone, who passed away in 2007; 8 brothers; and 8 sisters.
A funeral service will be conducted by the family and held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2014, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends during a visitation, being held at 1:30 p.m., prior to the service on Friday.