Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran
February 17, 1930 - July 14, 2015
Billie Joyce (Priddy) LeBoeuf Huddleston Baran
1930-2015
This week, our beloved Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran soft-shoe shuffled her way to a celestial seaside paradise in the sky. At the tender age of 85, Joyce, or Gammer, as many of us preferred to call her, was enveloped by loved ones at her Hill Country home as she tranquilly said adieu and departed this world.
On February 7, 1930, as the nation buckled up for the onset of The Great Depression, a glorious light shone down on Ferris, Texas: "The City that Bricked the World," as Rayburn Worth "Jack" Priddy and Elizabeth Lea (Kopec) Priddy first welcomed their baby girl. Billie Joyce, or "Baby," as her mother so lovingly called her, was raised as an only child, but a typical only child she was not. Influenced by two determined and devoted parents, she was instilled with an unbelievably strong work ethic.
As a small child, Joyce had aspirations of one day becoming a commercial airline pilot or "the only doctor on the planet who could cure a mysterious disease in deepest Africa." Her professional journey began at age fourteen, when her father believed she was too young to begin working. Not wanting to disappoint him, yet yearning for the independence and joy she saw her parents derive from a hard day's work, Joyce covertly found an employment agency that landed her a job as a typist for John L. Tompkins Construction in Corpus Christi. Each morning she would tell her parents she was headed to the beach with friends, but would instead catch the downtown bus with her beach bag stuffed with work clothes, changing in the ladies room once she arrived.
In high school, Joyce became a reporter for La Gaviata, her school newspaper. Writing came naturally for her and her editorials, op-eds, and sports stories began to appear weekly. Her senior year she was made Sports Editor and her sports page went on to win first place in a UIL competition. She also served as Secretary of Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism honor society. These accolades gave Joyce the confidence to determine her college major of journalism.
Joyce attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville, Texas. During her first semester, as she was leaving French class one afternoon, a friend of hers introduced her to Ed LeBoeuf, who "had the most beautiful eyes and was the most handsome man I'd seen in my entire life." That very night they went on a double date to a drive-in movie. Though Ed was "quiet with a calm sense of humor," the two quickly became acquainted and realized they had many of the same aims in life. By Christmas they had vowed to finish their education and made plans to marry as soon as they had graduated.
Joyce and Ed married and soon after, in January of 1950, gave birth to their first child, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. Ed, a petroleum engineer for Collins Construction Company based in Port Lavaca, Texas, traveled around the globe with his family, as he developed and implemented new methods in his field. Following the birth of their first daughter, Joy Charisse, the family moved to Calcutta, India. After several months of living in this exotic locale, the family was struck with tragedy when Ed was suddenly killed in a helicopter crash while surveying an underwater pipeline site. Joyce, then pregnant with her second daughter Jacqueline Suzette, began the two week journey home from India with her two small children.
At age 27, Joyce was widowed with three kids. With the support of her parents, she was able to put her best foot forward and care for her babies. This type of resilience became a marked character trait of Joyce throughout her life. No amount of adversity could conquer her spirit.
She soon met a pilot for Lebanon's all-cargo Trans Mediterranean Airlines, Clyde Huddleston. Clyde had one son, Patrick Huddleston, who quickly became a member of the family, joining three other siblings when their parents married. Joyce and Clyde then had Herman Clyde "Trey" Huddleston. Together the family lived near Fort Worth, as Clyde flew around the world for work. As life would have it, the couple would then divorce.
Joyce again devoted herself to her children as well as her varied interests. Her sense of humor, direct nature, and gregarious spirit often made her the life-of-the-party. She never met a stranger. Though she could hang with the best of the goodtime gals, her commitment to work and provide never wavered.
Whether it was working for a Houston record company, owning her own imports shop in Bryan/College Station, event planning for a dude ranch hosting events such as the Cattle Baron's Ball near Dallas, working for a leading commercial and industrial real estate brokerage firm, or acting as director and manager of her community's Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program, Joyce was never short of work or adventure. Her most passionate years of work included her long stint as a journalist and staff photographer for the Ellis County Press, where she also had her own column.
In 1970, she met Robert Baran, a physics professor. The couple married and ultimately settled in Bristol, Texas, living on the adjoining property of Joyce's parents. Around fifteen years ago, the pair moved to Briarcliff, Texas, to be near most of her children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
Gammer spent the last decade and a half of her life surrounded by her nearest and dearest, yet still went to work each day. Never quite grasping the concept of retirement, she worked as the office manager for her youngest son's homebuilding company up until two months prior to her death. Each day she'd drive herself to work - always dressed smartly in her petite fashions and a pair of kitten heels, jet-black bun pulled tightly with gold hoop earrings, and a spray or two of her signature Estée Lauder Youth Dew fragrance.
Gammer loved cooking big Sunday lunches for her family, watching Turner Classic Movies, listening to her favorites on the radio (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Country & Western, and more), playing with and spoiling her Yorkshire Terriers (first Bybe and then Baby), gardening in her backyard "Eden," or working through a Crossword puzzle, to name a few . . . but most of all, Gammer so dearly loved her family.
Those already missing our one-of-a-kind Gammer terribly include: her husband, Robert Baran (Briarcliff, TX); son, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. (Austin, TX); daughter, Joy Charisse LeBoeuf (Corpus Christi, TX); daughter, Jacqueline Suzette LeBoeuf (Austin, TX); son, Patrick Huddleston and wife, Liliane (Austin, TX); son, Herman Clyde Huddleston, and wife, Karen (Austin, TX); grandchildren: Brandi Cheri (LeBoeuf) Garvish (Austin, TX), Ashley Nicole (Casanova) Loyd (Austin, TX), Christopher Brandon Leach (San Francisco, CA), Beau Champanelle LeBoeuf (Brooklyn, NY), Britni Cene LeBoeuf (Austin, TX), Alexandra Huddleston (Brooklyn, NY), Sarah (Prehn) Bohuslav (Austin, TX), Haley Linnea Leach (Austin, TX), Michelle Huddleston (Austin, TX), Audrey Huddleston (Austin, TX), Kyle Martin Huddleston (Austin, TX); and great-grandchildren: Ajay Loyd (Austin, TX), Anistyn Loyd (Austin, TX), John Carson Garvish (Austin, TX), Vivienne Grace Garvish (Austin, TX), Ace Loyd (Austin, TX), Acelynn Loyd.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bristol Community Cemetery in Bristol, Texas.
(Published by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, July 16, 2015)
February 17, 1930 - July 14, 2015
Billie Joyce (Priddy) LeBoeuf Huddleston Baran
1930-2015
This week, our beloved Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran soft-shoe shuffled her way to a celestial seaside paradise in the sky. At the tender age of 85, Joyce, or Gammer, as many of us preferred to call her, was enveloped by loved ones at her Hill Country home as she tranquilly said adieu and departed this world.
On February 7, 1930, as the nation buckled up for the onset of The Great Depression, a glorious light shone down on Ferris, Texas: "The City that Bricked the World," as Rayburn Worth "Jack" Priddy and Elizabeth Lea (Kopec) Priddy first welcomed their baby girl. Billie Joyce, or "Baby," as her mother so lovingly called her, was raised as an only child, but a typical only child she was not. Influenced by two determined and devoted parents, she was instilled with an unbelievably strong work ethic.
As a small child, Joyce had aspirations of one day becoming a commercial airline pilot or "the only doctor on the planet who could cure a mysterious disease in deepest Africa." Her professional journey began at age fourteen, when her father believed she was too young to begin working. Not wanting to disappoint him, yet yearning for the independence and joy she saw her parents derive from a hard day's work, Joyce covertly found an employment agency that landed her a job as a typist for John L. Tompkins Construction in Corpus Christi. Each morning she would tell her parents she was headed to the beach with friends, but would instead catch the downtown bus with her beach bag stuffed with work clothes, changing in the ladies room once she arrived.
In high school, Joyce became a reporter for La Gaviata, her school newspaper. Writing came naturally for her and her editorials, op-eds, and sports stories began to appear weekly. Her senior year she was made Sports Editor and her sports page went on to win first place in a UIL competition. She also served as Secretary of Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism honor society. These accolades gave Joyce the confidence to determine her college major of journalism.
Joyce attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville, Texas. During her first semester, as she was leaving French class one afternoon, a friend of hers introduced her to Ed LeBoeuf, who "had the most beautiful eyes and was the most handsome man I'd seen in my entire life." That very night they went on a double date to a drive-in movie. Though Ed was "quiet with a calm sense of humor," the two quickly became acquainted and realized they had many of the same aims in life. By Christmas they had vowed to finish their education and made plans to marry as soon as they had graduated.
Joyce and Ed married and soon after, in January of 1950, gave birth to their first child, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. Ed, a petroleum engineer for Collins Construction Company based in Port Lavaca, Texas, traveled around the globe with his family, as he developed and implemented new methods in his field. Following the birth of their first daughter, Joy Charisse, the family moved to Calcutta, India. After several months of living in this exotic locale, the family was struck with tragedy when Ed was suddenly killed in a helicopter crash while surveying an underwater pipeline site. Joyce, then pregnant with her second daughter Jacqueline Suzette, began the two week journey home from India with her two small children.
At age 27, Joyce was widowed with three kids. With the support of her parents, she was able to put her best foot forward and care for her babies. This type of resilience became a marked character trait of Joyce throughout her life. No amount of adversity could conquer her spirit.
She soon met a pilot for Lebanon's all-cargo Trans Mediterranean Airlines, Clyde Huddleston. Clyde had one son, Patrick Huddleston, who quickly became a member of the family, joining three other siblings when their parents married. Joyce and Clyde then had Herman Clyde "Trey" Huddleston. Together the family lived near Fort Worth, as Clyde flew around the world for work. As life would have it, the couple would then divorce.
Joyce again devoted herself to her children as well as her varied interests. Her sense of humor, direct nature, and gregarious spirit often made her the life-of-the-party. She never met a stranger. Though she could hang with the best of the goodtime gals, her commitment to work and provide never wavered.
Whether it was working for a Houston record company, owning her own imports shop in Bryan/College Station, event planning for a dude ranch hosting events such as the Cattle Baron's Ball near Dallas, working for a leading commercial and industrial real estate brokerage firm, or acting as director and manager of her community's Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program, Joyce was never short of work or adventure. Her most passionate years of work included her long stint as a journalist and staff photographer for the Ellis County Press, where she also had her own column.
In 1970, she met Robert Baran, a physics professor. The couple married and ultimately settled in Bristol, Texas, living on the adjoining property of Joyce's parents. Around fifteen years ago, the pair moved to Briarcliff, Texas, to be near most of her children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
Gammer spent the last decade and a half of her life surrounded by her nearest and dearest, yet still went to work each day. Never quite grasping the concept of retirement, she worked as the office manager for her youngest son's homebuilding company up until two months prior to her death. Each day she'd drive herself to work - always dressed smartly in her petite fashions and a pair of kitten heels, jet-black bun pulled tightly with gold hoop earrings, and a spray or two of her signature Estée Lauder Youth Dew fragrance.
Gammer loved cooking big Sunday lunches for her family, watching Turner Classic Movies, listening to her favorites on the radio (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Country & Western, and more), playing with and spoiling her Yorkshire Terriers (first Bybe and then Baby), gardening in her backyard "Eden," or working through a Crossword puzzle, to name a few . . . but most of all, Gammer so dearly loved her family.
Those already missing our one-of-a-kind Gammer terribly include: her husband, Robert Baran (Briarcliff, TX); son, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. (Austin, TX); daughter, Joy Charisse LeBoeuf (Corpus Christi, TX); daughter, Jacqueline Suzette LeBoeuf (Austin, TX); son, Patrick Huddleston and wife, Liliane (Austin, TX); son, Herman Clyde Huddleston, and wife, Karen (Austin, TX); grandchildren: Brandi Cheri (LeBoeuf) Garvish (Austin, TX), Ashley Nicole (Casanova) Loyd (Austin, TX), Christopher Brandon Leach (San Francisco, CA), Beau Champanelle LeBoeuf (Brooklyn, NY), Britni Cene LeBoeuf (Austin, TX), Alexandra Huddleston (Brooklyn, NY), Sarah (Prehn) Bohuslav (Austin, TX), Haley Linnea Leach (Austin, TX), Michelle Huddleston (Austin, TX), Audrey Huddleston (Austin, TX), Kyle Martin Huddleston (Austin, TX); and great-grandchildren: Ajay Loyd (Austin, TX), Anistyn Loyd (Austin, TX), John Carson Garvish (Austin, TX), Vivienne Grace Garvish (Austin, TX), Ace Loyd (Austin, TX), Acelynn Loyd.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bristol Community Cemetery in Bristol, Texas.
(Published by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, July 16, 2015)
Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran
February 17, 1930 - July 14, 2015
Billie Joyce (Priddy) LeBoeuf Huddleston Baran
1930-2015
This week, our beloved Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran soft-shoe shuffled her way to a celestial seaside paradise in the sky. At the tender age of 85, Joyce, or Gammer, as many of us preferred to call her, was enveloped by loved ones at her Hill Country home as she tranquilly said adieu and departed this world.
On February 7, 1930, as the nation buckled up for the onset of The Great Depression, a glorious light shone down on Ferris, Texas: "The City that Bricked the World," as Rayburn Worth "Jack" Priddy and Elizabeth Lea (Kopec) Priddy first welcomed their baby girl. Billie Joyce, or "Baby," as her mother so lovingly called her, was raised as an only child, but a typical only child she was not. Influenced by two determined and devoted parents, she was instilled with an unbelievably strong work ethic.
As a small child, Joyce had aspirations of one day becoming a commercial airline pilot or "the only doctor on the planet who could cure a mysterious disease in deepest Africa." Her professional journey began at age fourteen, when her father believed she was too young to begin working. Not wanting to disappoint him, yet yearning for the independence and joy she saw her parents derive from a hard day's work, Joyce covertly found an employment agency that landed her a job as a typist for John L. Tompkins Construction in Corpus Christi. Each morning she would tell her parents she was headed to the beach with friends, but would instead catch the downtown bus with her beach bag stuffed with work clothes, changing in the ladies room once she arrived.
In high school, Joyce became a reporter for La Gaviata, her school newspaper. Writing came naturally for her and her editorials, op-eds, and sports stories began to appear weekly. Her senior year she was made Sports Editor and her sports page went on to win first place in a UIL competition. She also served as Secretary of Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism honor society. These accolades gave Joyce the confidence to determine her college major of journalism.
Joyce attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville, Texas. During her first semester, as she was leaving French class one afternoon, a friend of hers introduced her to Ed LeBoeuf, who "had the most beautiful eyes and was the most handsome man I'd seen in my entire life." That very night they went on a double date to a drive-in movie. Though Ed was "quiet with a calm sense of humor," the two quickly became acquainted and realized they had many of the same aims in life. By Christmas they had vowed to finish their education and made plans to marry as soon as they had graduated.
Joyce and Ed married and soon after, in January of 1950, gave birth to their first child, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. Ed, a petroleum engineer for Collins Construction Company based in Port Lavaca, Texas, traveled around the globe with his family, as he developed and implemented new methods in his field. Following the birth of their first daughter, Joy Charisse, the family moved to Calcutta, India. After several months of living in this exotic locale, the family was struck with tragedy when Ed was suddenly killed in a helicopter crash while surveying an underwater pipeline site. Joyce, then pregnant with her second daughter Jacqueline Suzette, began the two week journey home from India with her two small children.
At age 27, Joyce was widowed with three kids. With the support of her parents, she was able to put her best foot forward and care for her babies. This type of resilience became a marked character trait of Joyce throughout her life. No amount of adversity could conquer her spirit.
She soon met a pilot for Lebanon's all-cargo Trans Mediterranean Airlines, Clyde Huddleston. Clyde had one son, Patrick Huddleston, who quickly became a member of the family, joining three other siblings when their parents married. Joyce and Clyde then had Herman Clyde "Trey" Huddleston. Together the family lived near Fort Worth, as Clyde flew around the world for work. As life would have it, the couple would then divorce.
Joyce again devoted herself to her children as well as her varied interests. Her sense of humor, direct nature, and gregarious spirit often made her the life-of-the-party. She never met a stranger. Though she could hang with the best of the goodtime gals, her commitment to work and provide never wavered.
Whether it was working for a Houston record company, owning her own imports shop in Bryan/College Station, event planning for a dude ranch hosting events such as the Cattle Baron's Ball near Dallas, working for a leading commercial and industrial real estate brokerage firm, or acting as director and manager of her community's Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program, Joyce was never short of work or adventure. Her most passionate years of work included her long stint as a journalist and staff photographer for the Ellis County Press, where she also had her own column.
In 1970, she met Robert Baran, a physics professor. The couple married and ultimately settled in Bristol, Texas, living on the adjoining property of Joyce's parents. Around fifteen years ago, the pair moved to Briarcliff, Texas, to be near most of her children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
Gammer spent the last decade and a half of her life surrounded by her nearest and dearest, yet still went to work each day. Never quite grasping the concept of retirement, she worked as the office manager for her youngest son's homebuilding company up until two months prior to her death. Each day she'd drive herself to work - always dressed smartly in her petite fashions and a pair of kitten heels, jet-black bun pulled tightly with gold hoop earrings, and a spray or two of her signature Estée Lauder Youth Dew fragrance.
Gammer loved cooking big Sunday lunches for her family, watching Turner Classic Movies, listening to her favorites on the radio (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Country & Western, and more), playing with and spoiling her Yorkshire Terriers (first Bybe and then Baby), gardening in her backyard "Eden," or working through a Crossword puzzle, to name a few . . . but most of all, Gammer so dearly loved her family.
Those already missing our one-of-a-kind Gammer terribly include: her husband, Robert Baran (Briarcliff, TX); son, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. (Austin, TX); daughter, Joy Charisse LeBoeuf (Corpus Christi, TX); daughter, Jacqueline Suzette LeBoeuf (Austin, TX); son, Patrick Huddleston and wife, Liliane (Austin, TX); son, Herman Clyde Huddleston, and wife, Karen (Austin, TX); grandchildren: Brandi Cheri (LeBoeuf) Garvish (Austin, TX), Ashley Nicole (Casanova) Loyd (Austin, TX), Christopher Brandon Leach (San Francisco, CA), Beau Champanelle LeBoeuf (Brooklyn, NY), Britni Cene LeBoeuf (Austin, TX), Alexandra Huddleston (Brooklyn, NY), Sarah (Prehn) Bohuslav (Austin, TX), Haley Linnea Leach (Austin, TX), Michelle Huddleston (Austin, TX), Audrey Huddleston (Austin, TX), Kyle Martin Huddleston (Austin, TX); and great-grandchildren: Ajay Loyd (Austin, TX), Anistyn Loyd (Austin, TX), John Carson Garvish (Austin, TX), Vivienne Grace Garvish (Austin, TX), Ace Loyd (Austin, TX), Acelynn Loyd.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bristol Community Cemetery in Bristol, Texas.
(Published by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, July 16, 2015)
February 17, 1930 - July 14, 2015
Billie Joyce (Priddy) LeBoeuf Huddleston Baran
1930-2015
This week, our beloved Billie Joyce (Priddy) Baran soft-shoe shuffled her way to a celestial seaside paradise in the sky. At the tender age of 85, Joyce, or Gammer, as many of us preferred to call her, was enveloped by loved ones at her Hill Country home as she tranquilly said adieu and departed this world.
On February 7, 1930, as the nation buckled up for the onset of The Great Depression, a glorious light shone down on Ferris, Texas: "The City that Bricked the World," as Rayburn Worth "Jack" Priddy and Elizabeth Lea (Kopec) Priddy first welcomed their baby girl. Billie Joyce, or "Baby," as her mother so lovingly called her, was raised as an only child, but a typical only child she was not. Influenced by two determined and devoted parents, she was instilled with an unbelievably strong work ethic.
As a small child, Joyce had aspirations of one day becoming a commercial airline pilot or "the only doctor on the planet who could cure a mysterious disease in deepest Africa." Her professional journey began at age fourteen, when her father believed she was too young to begin working. Not wanting to disappoint him, yet yearning for the independence and joy she saw her parents derive from a hard day's work, Joyce covertly found an employment agency that landed her a job as a typist for John L. Tompkins Construction in Corpus Christi. Each morning she would tell her parents she was headed to the beach with friends, but would instead catch the downtown bus with her beach bag stuffed with work clothes, changing in the ladies room once she arrived.
In high school, Joyce became a reporter for La Gaviata, her school newspaper. Writing came naturally for her and her editorials, op-eds, and sports stories began to appear weekly. Her senior year she was made Sports Editor and her sports page went on to win first place in a UIL competition. She also served as Secretary of Quill and Scroll, an international high school journalism honor society. These accolades gave Joyce the confidence to determine her college major of journalism.
Joyce attended Texas A&I College in Kingsville, Texas. During her first semester, as she was leaving French class one afternoon, a friend of hers introduced her to Ed LeBoeuf, who "had the most beautiful eyes and was the most handsome man I'd seen in my entire life." That very night they went on a double date to a drive-in movie. Though Ed was "quiet with a calm sense of humor," the two quickly became acquainted and realized they had many of the same aims in life. By Christmas they had vowed to finish their education and made plans to marry as soon as they had graduated.
Joyce and Ed married and soon after, in January of 1950, gave birth to their first child, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. Ed, a petroleum engineer for Collins Construction Company based in Port Lavaca, Texas, traveled around the globe with his family, as he developed and implemented new methods in his field. Following the birth of their first daughter, Joy Charisse, the family moved to Calcutta, India. After several months of living in this exotic locale, the family was struck with tragedy when Ed was suddenly killed in a helicopter crash while surveying an underwater pipeline site. Joyce, then pregnant with her second daughter Jacqueline Suzette, began the two week journey home from India with her two small children.
At age 27, Joyce was widowed with three kids. With the support of her parents, she was able to put her best foot forward and care for her babies. This type of resilience became a marked character trait of Joyce throughout her life. No amount of adversity could conquer her spirit.
She soon met a pilot for Lebanon's all-cargo Trans Mediterranean Airlines, Clyde Huddleston. Clyde had one son, Patrick Huddleston, who quickly became a member of the family, joining three other siblings when their parents married. Joyce and Clyde then had Herman Clyde "Trey" Huddleston. Together the family lived near Fort Worth, as Clyde flew around the world for work. As life would have it, the couple would then divorce.
Joyce again devoted herself to her children as well as her varied interests. Her sense of humor, direct nature, and gregarious spirit often made her the life-of-the-party. She never met a stranger. Though she could hang with the best of the goodtime gals, her commitment to work and provide never wavered.
Whether it was working for a Houston record company, owning her own imports shop in Bryan/College Station, event planning for a dude ranch hosting events such as the Cattle Baron's Ball near Dallas, working for a leading commercial and industrial real estate brokerage firm, or acting as director and manager of her community's Texas Historical Commission's Main Street Program, Joyce was never short of work or adventure. Her most passionate years of work included her long stint as a journalist and staff photographer for the Ellis County Press, where she also had her own column.
In 1970, she met Robert Baran, a physics professor. The couple married and ultimately settled in Bristol, Texas, living on the adjoining property of Joyce's parents. Around fifteen years ago, the pair moved to Briarcliff, Texas, to be near most of her children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
Gammer spent the last decade and a half of her life surrounded by her nearest and dearest, yet still went to work each day. Never quite grasping the concept of retirement, she worked as the office manager for her youngest son's homebuilding company up until two months prior to her death. Each day she'd drive herself to work - always dressed smartly in her petite fashions and a pair of kitten heels, jet-black bun pulled tightly with gold hoop earrings, and a spray or two of her signature Estée Lauder Youth Dew fragrance.
Gammer loved cooking big Sunday lunches for her family, watching Turner Classic Movies, listening to her favorites on the radio (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Country & Western, and more), playing with and spoiling her Yorkshire Terriers (first Bybe and then Baby), gardening in her backyard "Eden," or working through a Crossword puzzle, to name a few . . . but most of all, Gammer so dearly loved her family.
Those already missing our one-of-a-kind Gammer terribly include: her husband, Robert Baran (Briarcliff, TX); son, Edward David LeBoeuf, Jr. (Austin, TX); daughter, Joy Charisse LeBoeuf (Corpus Christi, TX); daughter, Jacqueline Suzette LeBoeuf (Austin, TX); son, Patrick Huddleston and wife, Liliane (Austin, TX); son, Herman Clyde Huddleston, and wife, Karen (Austin, TX); grandchildren: Brandi Cheri (LeBoeuf) Garvish (Austin, TX), Ashley Nicole (Casanova) Loyd (Austin, TX), Christopher Brandon Leach (San Francisco, CA), Beau Champanelle LeBoeuf (Brooklyn, NY), Britni Cene LeBoeuf (Austin, TX), Alexandra Huddleston (Brooklyn, NY), Sarah (Prehn) Bohuslav (Austin, TX), Haley Linnea Leach (Austin, TX), Michelle Huddleston (Austin, TX), Audrey Huddleston (Austin, TX), Kyle Martin Huddleston (Austin, TX); and great-grandchildren: Ajay Loyd (Austin, TX), Anistyn Loyd (Austin, TX), John Carson Garvish (Austin, TX), Vivienne Grace Garvish (Austin, TX), Ace Loyd (Austin, TX), Acelynn Loyd.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Weed-Corley-Fish Chapel, 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Bristol Community Cemetery in Bristol, Texas.
(Published by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, July 16, 2015)
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