Mary was born in Lawn,TX to Lonnie Lee Woodard, Sr. and Jessie Lee Scott Woodard. The family moved to Pecos, TX where Mary graduated from high school. She attended school at Abilene Christian College, Scott and White School of Nursing and graduated with her degree in Nursing at McLennan Community College in 1972. She worked at Providence Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital and as a school nurse at Bryan College Station.
She met Jerry Duggan on a blind date in Belton, TX. Jerry was in the army and stationed at Ft Hood. They married October 13, 1950 in Galveston. They had 67 years of marriage before his passing in 2017. They lived in Germany from 1952 to August of 1953. They returned to Pecos and eventually settled in Waco in 1959 to raise their three sons.
She was preceded in death by her parents and five siblings, Beryl Lockett, Scott Woodard, Lewis Woodard, Lonnie (Toots) Woodard, Lou Cowan, her husband Jerry Duggan and her son Danny Duggan. She is survived by her son Dale Duggan and wife Linda, Tim Duggan and wife Jackie, daughter-in-law Janiece Duggan Watts and husband Jim, nine grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and one great great grandson and one on the way.
The family would like to thank Arbor House and Bluebonnet Hospice for their care of Mary. Memorials can be made to Cherokee Home For Children, P.O. Box 295, Cherokee, TX
76832.