Mary graduated from New Boston High School and received an associate degree from Texarkana A&M. She had a career in nursing and devoted the last two years to Solidago Health and Rehabilitation in Texas City.
Mary was preceded in death by her daughter, Rhonda Windham; mother, Elizabeth Pugh; and father, David Pugh.
She is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Jessie and Billy Knight, Jennifer and Joshewa Phillips; eight grandchildren, Harley, Arabella, John, Ryan, Collin, Ashlinn, Blake, and Charlotte; and two great grandchildren, Novella and Atticus.