Marion David Nutt

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Marion David Nutt

1933-2017

Services for Marion David Nutt, 83, of Wills Point, were held Friday, April 14, 2017, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Pastor Casey Cook and Pastor Jason Connors officiating.  Interment followed at Highland Memorial Gardens in Terrell. He passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at his residence surrounded by his family.

He was born April 19, 1933, in Avery to James Rufus Nutt and Bessie Beatrice Grady Nutt.  He was raised in Alba, where he attended public school.  He married Ernisteen Holley Oct. 10, 1958, in Dallas.

He was self-employed as a cement contractor in the Dallas area for many years, retiring in 1993.  He also took care of the lawn at Smyrna Cemetery for many years. He lived in Red Oak prior to moving to Wills Point 22 years ago.  He enjoyed mowing his lawn, helping others around him with their lawn work and was crazy about his bluebonnets. He was of the Pentecostal faith. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Bill Nutt, Junior Nutt and Bobby Nutt; sisters, Alma Moody, Rachel Nutt and Mary Boswell; daughter, Patricia Diann Thompson; and sons, David Ray Nutt and Danny Craig Nutt.

Survivors include his wife, Ernisteen Nutt of Wills Point; sons, David Lynn Nutt of Wills Point, Douglas Hammonds of Plano; Dana Leslie Hammonds and Darrell Lynn Hammonds of Dallas; daughters, Brenda Beatrice Souza and Susan Ann Murray of Wills Point, and Donna Kay Morris of Ariz.; sister, Winnie Mae Layman of Calif.; son-in-law, Robert Thompson of Lancaster; grandchildren, Jeremy Lowrey and wife, Sophia, Michael Souza and wife, Kitzi, Daniel Souza, Staci Sills and husband, Destry, Kaitlyn Thompson, Bre’Ann Nutt and Meagan Souza; great-grandchildren, Ema’Lee Sills, Carson Sills, Jackson Souza, Bristol Souza, Elizabeth Lowrey, Nora Lowrey, Maverick Lowrey, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Jeremy Lowrey, Michael Souza, Destry Sills, Lance Sears, Shawn Sears and Robert Thompson.