A DANCE teacher who lit up the lives of the many she taught and shared her love of line-dance is being remembered for her sense of fun and kindness. Mary Latcham, who died on February 19 aged 72, was the teacher behind Darlington’s Texas Toe Tappers, a line-dancing troupe which took part in large-scale dance events in the town centre and on stage. Her daughter Suzanne Latcham paid tribute to her mother. She said: “My mum was married to my dad Barry for just short of 52 years – March 1 would have been their 52nd wedding anniversary. “She had two daughters, Karen and Suzanne, and two grandsons: Dominic, 18 and Oliver, 15.