Rose Marie Langford
Rose Marie Langford, age 90 of Breckenridge, was called home on Monday, April 10, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Morehart Mortuary with Pastor Trey McDuff officiating. Interment will follow in the Necessity Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortuary. Visitation will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 14, at Morehart Mortuary.
Rose Marie Burrows was born October 17, 1932, in Stephens County, Texas, to Walter Emery Burrows, Sr., and Marie Valentine Smith Burrows. She lived in Stephens County all of her life and was active in the Stephens County Riding Club with her first husband and father of her children, Clayton Otts, Sr. Rosie worked as a bookkeeper and tax assessor for several years. After retiring, she opened a private club in Breckenridge. On March 28, 1986, Rosie married Kenneth Ray Langford. She was also a longtime member of Necessity Baptist Church. Above all, Rosie loved God and her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Burrows, Sr., and Marie Burrows; her husband, K.R. Langford; two brothers, Floyd Burrows and Walter Burrows, Jr.; and one grandson, Michael Wayne Otts.
Rosie is survived by her children, Clayton Otts, Jr., and wife Lisa, Kenny Dale Otts and wife LaDell, Michael Otts and wife Trisha, all of Breckenridge, and Victoria Otts of Dublin; 15 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice and may be left at Morehart Mortuary. Condolences may be made online at www.morehartmortuary.net.
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