Mary Lillian McCarty

This is an obituary announcement for Mary Lillian McCarty, a Texas-born woman who lived from 1946 to 2026 and devoted her life to sharecropping, homemaking, caregiving, and raising her family as the oldest of ten children. Throughout her 79 years, she became known as a strict yet loving matriarch who enjoyed cooking, family events, music, dominoes, and caring for her pet birds. She leaves behind five surviving children, numerous grandchildren spanning multiple generations, four sisters, and an extended family of nieces, nephews, and cousins across Texas and California.