The 1947 Roar was dedicated to Mary Dent [view dedication page]

DENT
Mrs. Mary Beckham, age 79, 1717 Cox St., Carrollton, Texas, Died late Thursday night. Native of Prairie Hill, Texas. Former resident of Greenville, Texas. Retired school teacher. Member of Delta Kappa Gamma society. National retired teachers association. Covenant Presbyterian Church, Carrollton, member. Survived by granddaughter Mrs. Wesley Mohr, San Diego, California; brother, J. L. Beckham, Mineola, Texas; sister, Mrs. Harry Ditto, Arlington, Texas. Services 2 p.m. Sunday, MOORE FUNERAL CHAPEL, Arlington, Dr. Jack Ramsay officiating. Interment 4 p.m. Sunday, East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Texas.
MOORE FUNERAL HOME
1210 N. Davis, Arlington

The Dallas Morning News - January 1, 1972
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Mrs. Mary Dent

CARROLLTON - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Beckham Dent, 79, of 1717 Cox, a Carrollton resident for 17 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Moore Funeral Chapel in Arlington. Burial will be in East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, Hunt County.
A native of Prairie Hill, Limestone County, Mrs. Dent died Thursday in Arlington. She was a former school teacher in Carrollton, Fort Worth, Arlington and Greenville. She received her bachelor's degree from East Texas State University and her master's from Texas Christian University. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and Covenant Presbyterian Church.

MARY B. DENT
1892 - 1971

 East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Texas