Mary graduated from Spiro High School in 1932. She played guard on the '31-'32 basketball team. During the 1940's she worked in Fort Smith with Dr. Vann as a Dental Assistant, and also was employed at Spiro in Jerry and Lucy Caldwell's Cleaners as a seamstress. She was employed with the Spiro School System in 1951 and 1952 as a cafeteria worker. After that, she was employed at Camp Chaffee, Ark. as a Dental Assistant until about 1959 when Chaffee closed. Later she continued working as a Dental Assistant at the Talihina Indian Hospital during 1959-61, eventually ending her career with Civil Service after being employed at Fort Sill in Lawton and Davis Field in Muskogee, Ok. She retired to Spiro Oklahoma in 1970. She was a doll-maker and artist in her later years. Her works of art and dolls are highly prized by her children. Mary's last seven years of her life was a sad time as she was unable to enjoy life and spent those years in the Arkoma and Pocola Nursing Homes.
Mary graduated from Spiro High School in 1932. She played guard on the '31-'32 basketball team. During the 1940's she worked in Fort Smith with Dr. Vann as a Dental Assistant, and also was employed at Spiro in Jerry and Lucy Caldwell's Cleaners as a seamstress. She was employed with the Spiro School System in 1951 and 1952 as a cafeteria worker. After that, she was employed at Camp Chaffee, Ark. as a Dental Assistant until about 1959 when Chaffee closed. Later she continued working as a Dental Assistant at the Talihina Indian Hospital during 1959-61, eventually ending her career with Civil Service after being employed at Fort Sill in Lawton and Davis Field in Muskogee, Ok. She retired to Spiro Oklahoma in 1970. She was a doll-maker and artist in her later years. Her works of art and dolls are highly prized by her children. Mary's last seven years of her life was a sad time as she was unable to enjoy life and spent those years in the Arkoma and Pocola Nursing Homes.
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