Martha was born on May 16, 1935, in Collin County, Texas to Ruby Lee Rasco and Gaston Fay Rasco and spent her youth working alongside her family in the cotton fields. Martha graduated from Decatur High School. She was an artist by nature and a poet by heart. She enjoyed competing in bowling tournaments in Copperas Cove and won many awards while doing so. Martha, (Marty-as she was affectionately known) gained many friends in her career at Beall's Department store where she retired after 26 years. She had a love for playing bingo and she would regularly take her family along with her. She would often renew her spirit in the lights and shows of Las Vegas. She will be best remembered as the selfless matriarch of our family. She was the existential glue that held us all together. She loved and cared for all her family deeply. Her home was the true meaning of family.
Martha is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Cecil E. McFarland. Her parents, Ruby Lee Rasco and Gaston Fay Rasco. Four brothers James (Dee) Rasco, Charles Rasco, Martis Rasco, Donald Rasco, and one sister Hazel (Louise) Selman. She is survived by her two loving daughters, Belinda Sessom, 68, and Beverly Bohlman, 67 of Burleson, Texas. Nine grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, eight great-great grandchildren all whom she loved dearly. In Lieu of flowers, go home to your family, love on them, and tell them how much the Lord had done for you...
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there.
I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on the snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there;
I did not die.
Thank you for all the memories, Martha
We love and miss you endlessly! Until we see you again...
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