Marie Monday, 98, of Kountze, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023. She was born in Queen City, Texas to the late Hobson Ostico Buzbee and Verna Mae King Buzbee.
Funeral service was Monday, August 14 at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with burial following at R.S. Farmer Memorial Cemetery in Silsbee.
After graduating high school, being very patriotic during WWII, 16-yearold Marie worked in Texarkana, Texas wrapping bombshells. She continued her wartime efforts in California as she worked in an airplane factory tightening bolts on the airplane wings. She was in the education field throughout many years of her life.
Survivors include her children, Brenda Bridges and husband Frank and Gary Monday and wife Laura; brother, Benny Jo Buzbee; and three grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two greatgreat grandchildren.