Nancy Jean Holland Marble, age 88, passed away Monday, October 23, 2023.
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m., Friday, October 27, 2023 at South Plains Baptist Church.
Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Lockney.
Arrangements are under the personal care of MooreRose Funeral Home of Lockney.
Nancy Jean and twin sister, Patsy Dean, were born May 24, 1935 in Sherman, Texas, to Robert Lee Holland and Frankie Juanita Powell.
Nancy lived in Whitesboro, Texas, where her father was a cotton ginner, until moving to Lockney in 1951.Nancy and Patsy played basketball and graduated from Lockney High School in 1953. Nancy maintained friendships with her classmates from both schools throughout her lifetime.
Nancy and Donley Horace Marble were married December 1, 1956, in Clovis, New Mexico.
Nancy was a avid historian and genealogist. She helped many people research their own family history. She was a founding board member of the Floyd County Historical Museum as well as a dedicated member of the Buffalo Grass Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She dragged her family and friends through many courthouses, libraries and cemeteries looking for the next clue.
Nancy and Don were longtime cotton farmers in the Marble Brothers partnership with Don’s brothers, Fred and Keith, and their families. Nancy kept books in the early years and was always ready to follow a truck or tractor to the field or go on vacation somewhere which just happened to be having an equipment sale. They formed many close friends over the years while promoting the cotton farmer.
Nancy was a longtime member of South Plains Baptist Church.
Nancy was predeceased by her husband, Don, in February 2015; her mother and father, Robert Lee and Neta Holland; as well as her brother, Robert Lee Holland, Jr.
Nancy is survived by her children, Donette Marble of Midland, Texas, and Brett Marble and wife, Gayla, of South Plains, Texas. Nancy is also survived by granddaughter Morgan Espe and husband, Chase, and their girls, Bentley and Brynsley, and grandson Miles Marble and wife, Shalie, all of Lubbock, Texas. Also surviving Nancy is her twin sister, Patsy Musser of Lubbock, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Floyd County Historical Museum in Floydada, South Plains Baptist Church in South Plains, Hospice of Lubbock or a charity of your choice.