Visitation hours will be held at Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home (730 Clarksville Street, Paris, TX) on Friday, August 21st, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Funeral services are set for Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ (3535 Lamar Avenue in Paris, TX) with Patrick Cannon officiating. Burial services will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery (560 Evergreen Street in Paris, TX).
Mrs. Casey was born on October 16, 1927 in Paris, TX at McCuistion Hospital to Ewell and Ruby Ashworth Armstrong. She married Mr. Joel Casey on August 13, 1950 at First Methodist Church with Leonard Coker, Church of Christ minister, performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Casey recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
In Mrs. Casey’s earlier years she was a very active water skier, performing shows on Lake Crook. She was also an avid walker, walking 6 or more miles a day until she was diagnosed with cancer in early 2015. Mrs. Casey also loved aerobics and line dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Casey were also members of Lamar Avenue Church of Christ for many years.
Mrs. Casey was a graduate of Paris High School, Paris Junior College and East Texas State Teacher’s College from which she received a Master’s Degree. Mrs. Casey was a teacher for Paris Independent School for 28 years until she retired in May of 1988.
Mrs. Casey is survived by her husband, Joel Casey of the home, son Rick Casey and wife Cyndee of Idabel, OK, and three grandchildren: Ashton Casey and Jessica of Orlando, FL, Trevor Casey and Angela and great grandson, Sawyer, of Knoxville, TN, and Chandy Randall and husband Jonathan of Oklahoma City, OK. Mrs. Casey is also survived by her niece, Sharla Breneman, and her husband, Steve, and family; nephew Chris Sharber and wife Julie and family.
Mrs. Casey is preceded in death by her parents, Ewell and Ruby Armstrong, in-laws Joe and Evelyn Casey, sister-in law Mary Elizabeth Sharber and husband Norman.
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