Norma Jean Buie, 79, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at her home in Mexia. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at Porter Funeral Home in Mexia.
Jean Buie was born on Oct. 7, 1930, in Natchez, Miss., where she was married 20 years later to her husband of 59 years, Brother W.C. “Sonny” Buie. Jean worked for 20 years as a registered nurse while raising a family of five children. Jean spent most of her life serving the church as a pastor’s wife and served as a missionary to the Navajo community in New Mexico. Jean was a member of Petty’s Chapel Baptist Church in Corsicana, where Brother Buie serves as pastor.
Jean was preceded in death by her mother and father, Boyd and Ruby Wyatt; her daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Bill Zerbe; and her granddaughter, Bonnie Marcum.
She is survived by her husband, William “Sonny” Buie; her three daughters, Debbie Ferguson, Billie Marcum and Mandy McCain; and her son, William C. Buie III. Jean also had 25 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Serving as pallbearers were John Ferguson II, Rich Myers, Kirby Culp, JoShua Zerbe, James Frazier and Matt Marcum. Honorary pallbearers were Chuck Vick and Dwain Wilson.
Arrangements by Porter Funeral Home, Mexia.
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