Funeral service for Patsy Burns Heard, 87, of Terrell is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point. Interment will follow at White Rose Cemetery in Wills Point.
She passed away Saturday evening, March 3, 2018, in Canton.
Patsy was born November 21, 1930, in Waskom, Texas, the daughter of William Tanner Caldwell and Ethel Dovie Moses Caldwell. She was raised in Waskom and Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School. In November 1981, she married Bobby G. Heard in Oklahoma. She was formerly employed by AT&T where she was a switch board operator, retiring in 1988. She enjoyed riding and taking care of horses and going to rodeos. She loved her family and grandkids very much and enjoyed spending time with them. She has lived in Terrell for the past fifty years. Patsy was of the Baptist faith.
Preceded in death by her parents, William Tanner Caldwell and Ethel Dovie Caldwell; husband, Bobby G. Heard; daughter, Melanie Anne Eubanks; brother, Buddy Caldwell; sister, Lenora Monigold and a brother-in-law, William Monigold.
Patsy is survived by three sons, Tanner Burns, of Austin, Mark Burns, of Sulphur Springs and Maris Burns, of Melissa; daughter, Marquesa Bishop, of Wills Point; ten grandchildren, Krista Clark, Paige Roberts, Noel Burns, Scott Burns, Kelly Alcalan, Kodie Bishop, Karie Bishop, Andris Benavidez, Monica Burns and Brandi Boyd; twenty-seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.