Mom's first name was Wilmar, but we never used it. She was Momma and the strongest most loving adventurous person in the lives of her two children, Joyce and Bert. Mom was born on the Bowser Plantation in Simonton, Fort Bend County, Texas to sharecroppers Earl and Emily Weakley. When she was very young she was kidnapped, and the Kidnapper was caught in New York when she got off the train. Mom was crying and asking for her mama. Thank God for an alert New York Cop. She was returned to Simonton. The family moved and Mom lived in Wallis, Texas, Van Vleck, Texas, but most of her life she lived in Thompsons, Richmond and Rosenberg, Texas.
When we were very young Mom and my Dad separated and Mom with her two children moved to San Antonio, where we lived in a rented bedroom in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mr. Matthews was a retired Texas Ranger. Joyce went to Our Lady of the Lake and I went to Moye Military School. Mom worked at Fomby's Dress Shop.
Years later we returned to Rosenberg and later Mom married A. C. "Dave" Davidson. In addition to being a pilot Mom could drive race cars. She went back to school to learn to operate a Comptometer, an early manual form of a computer. Mom worked for Greyhound and became their first tour hostess in Texas. She loved to travel, and got to see so much while leading tours all over the United States and Canada.
She and Dave later lived on Par Lane in Richmond by the golf course at the old Fort Bend Country Club. Both were avid golfers. They left Richmond and moved to Mineral Springs, Arkansas. Not long after Dave's death, Mom moved to Frisco, Texas.
Mom celebrated her 75th birthday in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. She was my co-pilot in the plane we flew to Alaska. We spent 22 day, camping under the wing of the airplane, all over Alaska. Mostly we were where no roads existed.
Not long after that mom moved in with my sister Joyce and her husband Gene Mendel and lived with them until the last six or so months of her life. Even after moving her to a care home, Joyce was with her every day until she passed away. I was blessed with two very strong women in my life, my Sister and my Mom.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband Dave Davidson and grandson David Mendel, five brothers,One Sister and her Mom and Dad. Mom is survived by one sister Evelyn Bennett, a daughter Joyce Marie Mendel, a son H. E. "Bert" Gubbels, four grandchildren Tracy Richards, Dr. Jeffery Gubbels, Bruce Mendel, Kimberly Gubbels, One Great Grandson, five Great Granddaughters,and two Great Great Grandsons.
Loraine Weakley Davidson was a direct descendent of William Carpenter, a militiaman who answered the Lexington Alarm, and fought for years with the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
Bio by her son H. E. (Bert) Gubbels NSSAR 187985
When we were very young Mom and my Dad separated and Mom with her two children moved to San Antonio, where we lived in a rented bedroom in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mr. Matthews was a retired Texas Ranger. Joyce went to Our Lady of the Lake and I went to Moye Military School. Mom worked at Fomby's Dress Shop.
Years later we returned to Rosenberg and later Mom married A. C. "Dave" Davidson. In addition to being a pilot Mom could drive race cars. She went back to school to learn to operate a Comptometer, an early manual form of a computer. Mom worked for Greyhound and became their first tour hostess in Texas. She loved to travel, and got to see so much while leading tours all over the United States and Canada.
She and Dave later lived on Par Lane in Richmond by the golf course at the old Fort Bend Country Club. Both were avid golfers. They left Richmond and moved to Mineral Springs, Arkansas. Not long after Dave's death, Mom moved to Frisco, Texas.
Mom celebrated her 75th birthday in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. She was my co-pilot in the plane we flew to Alaska. We spent 22 day, camping under the wing of the airplane, all over Alaska. Mostly we were where no roads existed.
Not long after that mom moved in with my sister Joyce and her husband Gene Mendel and lived with them until the last six or so months of her life. Even after moving her to a care home, Joyce was with her every day until she passed away. I was blessed with two very strong women in my life, my Sister and my Mom.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband Dave Davidson and grandson David Mendel, five brothers,One Sister and her Mom and Dad. Mom is survived by one sister Evelyn Bennett, a daughter Joyce Marie Mendel, a son H. E. "Bert" Gubbels, four grandchildren Tracy Richards, Dr. Jeffery Gubbels, Bruce Mendel, Kimberly Gubbels, One Great Grandson, five Great Granddaughters,and two Great Great Grandsons.
Loraine Weakley Davidson was a direct descendent of William Carpenter, a militiaman who answered the Lexington Alarm, and fought for years with the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
Bio by her son H. E. (Bert) Gubbels NSSAR 187985
Mom's first name was Wilmar, but we never used it. She was Momma and the strongest most loving adventurous person in the lives of her two children, Joyce and Bert. Mom was born on the Bowser Plantation in Simonton, Fort Bend County, Texas to sharecroppers Earl and Emily Weakley. When she was very young she was kidnapped, and the Kidnapper was caught in New York when she got off the train. Mom was crying and asking for her mama. Thank God for an alert New York Cop. She was returned to Simonton. The family moved and Mom lived in Wallis, Texas, Van Vleck, Texas, but most of her life she lived in Thompsons, Richmond and Rosenberg, Texas.
When we were very young Mom and my Dad separated and Mom with her two children moved to San Antonio, where we lived in a rented bedroom in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mr. Matthews was a retired Texas Ranger. Joyce went to Our Lady of the Lake and I went to Moye Military School. Mom worked at Fomby's Dress Shop.
Years later we returned to Rosenberg and later Mom married A. C. "Dave" Davidson. In addition to being a pilot Mom could drive race cars. She went back to school to learn to operate a Comptometer, an early manual form of a computer. Mom worked for Greyhound and became their first tour hostess in Texas. She loved to travel, and got to see so much while leading tours all over the United States and Canada.
She and Dave later lived on Par Lane in Richmond by the golf course at the old Fort Bend Country Club. Both were avid golfers. They left Richmond and moved to Mineral Springs, Arkansas. Not long after Dave's death, Mom moved to Frisco, Texas.
Mom celebrated her 75th birthday in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. She was my co-pilot in the plane we flew to Alaska. We spent 22 day, camping under the wing of the airplane, all over Alaska. Mostly we were where no roads existed.
Not long after that mom moved in with my sister Joyce and her husband Gene Mendel and lived with them until the last six or so months of her life. Even after moving her to a care home, Joyce was with her every day until she passed away. I was blessed with two very strong women in my life, my Sister and my Mom.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband Dave Davidson and grandson David Mendel, five brothers,One Sister and her Mom and Dad. Mom is survived by one sister Evelyn Bennett, a daughter Joyce Marie Mendel, a son H. E. "Bert" Gubbels, four grandchildren Tracy Richards, Dr. Jeffery Gubbels, Bruce Mendel, Kimberly Gubbels, One Great Grandson, five Great Granddaughters,and two Great Great Grandsons.
Loraine Weakley Davidson was a direct descendent of William Carpenter, a militiaman who answered the Lexington Alarm, and fought for years with the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
Bio by her son H. E. (Bert) Gubbels NSSAR 187985
When we were very young Mom and my Dad separated and Mom with her two children moved to San Antonio, where we lived in a rented bedroom in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mr. Matthews was a retired Texas Ranger. Joyce went to Our Lady of the Lake and I went to Moye Military School. Mom worked at Fomby's Dress Shop.
Years later we returned to Rosenberg and later Mom married A. C. "Dave" Davidson. In addition to being a pilot Mom could drive race cars. She went back to school to learn to operate a Comptometer, an early manual form of a computer. Mom worked for Greyhound and became their first tour hostess in Texas. She loved to travel, and got to see so much while leading tours all over the United States and Canada.
She and Dave later lived on Par Lane in Richmond by the golf course at the old Fort Bend Country Club. Both were avid golfers. They left Richmond and moved to Mineral Springs, Arkansas. Not long after Dave's death, Mom moved to Frisco, Texas.
Mom celebrated her 75th birthday in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. She was my co-pilot in the plane we flew to Alaska. We spent 22 day, camping under the wing of the airplane, all over Alaska. Mostly we were where no roads existed.
Not long after that mom moved in with my sister Joyce and her husband Gene Mendel and lived with them until the last six or so months of her life. Even after moving her to a care home, Joyce was with her every day until she passed away. I was blessed with two very strong women in my life, my Sister and my Mom.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband Dave Davidson and grandson David Mendel, five brothers,One Sister and her Mom and Dad. Mom is survived by one sister Evelyn Bennett, a daughter Joyce Marie Mendel, a son H. E. "Bert" Gubbels, four grandchildren Tracy Richards, Dr. Jeffery Gubbels, Bruce Mendel, Kimberly Gubbels, One Great Grandson, five Great Granddaughters,and two Great Great Grandsons.
Loraine Weakley Davidson was a direct descendent of William Carpenter, a militiaman who answered the Lexington Alarm, and fought for years with the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
Bio by her son H. E. (Bert) Gubbels NSSAR 187985
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