Mary Virginia  Zavist, 64, of Houston, Texas. passed away on September 18, 2024.  Mary was born on July 2, 1960, to Rosemary Wilcox and Calvin Huckabay in Columbus, Mississippi.  Mary was a resident of Houston for most of her life.  She was a teacher at Hamilton Middle School, and she attended St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church. Mary is preceded in death by her mother, Rosemary Billingsley, her stepfather, Larry Billingsley, and her father, Dr. Calvin Huckabay.

Mary is survived  by her husband, Thomas More Zavist, of 36 years.  Her cousins, John Schuyler Wilcox and Stanley E. Wilcox, her half-brother, William Robert Billingsley and his wife, Riza.

There will be a funeral service at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, October 7, 2024, at St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Confederate Cemetery, Alvin, TX.  In lieu of flowers memorial maybe sent to Casa de Esperanza in Houston.