Bobbie Richardson, 88, of Wortham, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the Tehuacana Cemetery. There will be fellowship immediately following in the Family Life Center of the Methodist Church of Tehuacana.
Bobbie was born just outside of Tehuacana, Texas, to the late Dossie and Roma Spakes. She attended school in Tehuacana. After graduating from the 7th grade, she then moved with her family to Wortham to finish out her education. In Wortham, she met and married W.O. Richardson. Together Bobbie and W.O. built a life in Wortham where they raised their four children.
Bobbie's dedication and love for the community ran as deep as her family ties to the Wortham area, which can be traced back to the 1800s. Together, she and W.O. owned and operated multiple businesses over the years. Their journey began in the sheet metal business, adding air conditioning, and they later purchased the local hardware store and created Wortham Construction and Supply and built many homes and businesses in the area. After retiring from the home building business, Bobbie continued to run Wortham Construction and Supply, known to locals as the Lumber Yard and later added The Back Room Custom Picture Framing. She ran both businesses for many years.
She was happiest when working and serving her family, church, and community. She raised her family in the Central Presbyterian Church of Wortham where she taught Sunday school and later served as an Elder in the church. Always ahead of her time, she was never concerned about traditional gender roles and was as comfortable hanging gutter as she was sewing uniforms for all of the cheerleaders, sewing wedding dresses, keeping bees, organic gardening, building cabinets, baking cookies for a school fund-raiser, or rocking the grand babies.
She served as a den mother, room mother, PTA President, President of the Freestone Art League, worked on numerous committees and could always be counted on to support area projects from saving Ft. Parker, taking part in Frontier Days to supporting the Wortham Area Chamber of Commerce on their many projects including The Wortham Blues Festival.
Bobbie loved to read, appreciated the arts, was quick to smile and laughed often. She lived a simple life, had a strong faith, gave of herself without asking for anything in return. She was a friend to many.
Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband W.O. Richardson; and brother Doyle "Jumbo" Spakes.
Survivors include her daughters: Paula Richardson-Rogers, of Groesbeck, Robin Hulsey and husband, Jeff, of Pflugerville, and Kim Johns and husband, George, of Wortham; son, Gary Richardson and wife, Tina, of La Porte, TX; grandchildren: Amy Kramer and husband, Chris, of Manassas, VA, Brandon Richardson, Sean Richardson and wife, Sophia, and Alexandra Johns, all of Wortham, Ryan Hulsey and wife, Shannon, of Denver: great-grandchildren, C.J. and Ashley Kramer, Gavin Richardson, Jalen Ashley and Emma Hulsey; other relatives and many friends. L5
Bobbie was born just outside of Tehuacana, Texas, to the late Dossie and Roma Spakes. She attended school in Tehuacana. After graduating from the 7th grade, she then moved with her family to Wortham to finish out her education. In Wortham, she met and married W.O. Richardson. Together Bobbie and W.O. built a life in Wortham where they raised their four children.
Bobbie's dedication and love for the community ran as deep as her family ties to the Wortham area, which can be traced back to the 1800s. Together, she and W.O. owned and operated multiple businesses over the years. Their journey began in the sheet metal business, adding air conditioning, and they later purchased the local hardware store and created Wortham Construction and Supply and built many homes and businesses in the area. After retiring from the home building business, Bobbie continued to run Wortham Construction and Supply, known to locals as the Lumber Yard and later added The Back Room Custom Picture Framing. She ran both businesses for many years.
She was happiest when working and serving her family, church, and community. She raised her family in the Central Presbyterian Church of Wortham where she taught Sunday school and later served as an Elder in the church. Always ahead of her time, she was never concerned about traditional gender roles and was as comfortable hanging gutter as she was sewing uniforms for all of the cheerleaders, sewing wedding dresses, keeping bees, organic gardening, building cabinets, baking cookies for a school fund-raiser, or rocking the grand babies.
She served as a den mother, room mother, PTA President, President of the Freestone Art League, worked on numerous committees and could always be counted on to support area projects from saving Ft. Parker, taking part in Frontier Days to supporting the Wortham Area Chamber of Commerce on their many projects including The Wortham Blues Festival.
Bobbie loved to read, appreciated the arts, was quick to smile and laughed often. She lived a simple life, had a strong faith, gave of herself without asking for anything in return. She was a friend to many.
Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband W.O. Richardson; and brother Doyle "Jumbo" Spakes.
Survivors include her daughters: Paula Richardson-Rogers, of Groesbeck, Robin Hulsey and husband, Jeff, of Pflugerville, and Kim Johns and husband, George, of Wortham; son, Gary Richardson and wife, Tina, of La Porte, TX; grandchildren: Amy Kramer and husband, Chris, of Manassas, VA, Brandon Richardson, Sean Richardson and wife, Sophia, and Alexandra Johns, all of Wortham, Ryan Hulsey and wife, Shannon, of Denver: great-grandchildren, C.J. and Ashley Kramer, Gavin Richardson, Jalen Ashley and Emma Hulsey; other relatives and many friends. L5
Bobbie Richardson, 88, of Wortham, Texas, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the Tehuacana Cemetery. There will be fellowship immediately following in the Family Life Center of the Methodist Church of Tehuacana.
Bobbie was born just outside of Tehuacana, Texas, to the late Dossie and Roma Spakes. She attended school in Tehuacana. After graduating from the 7th grade, she then moved with her family to Wortham to finish out her education. In Wortham, she met and married W.O. Richardson. Together Bobbie and W.O. built a life in Wortham where they raised their four children.
Bobbie's dedication and love for the community ran as deep as her family ties to the Wortham area, which can be traced back to the 1800s. Together, she and W.O. owned and operated multiple businesses over the years. Their journey began in the sheet metal business, adding air conditioning, and they later purchased the local hardware store and created Wortham Construction and Supply and built many homes and businesses in the area. After retiring from the home building business, Bobbie continued to run Wortham Construction and Supply, known to locals as the Lumber Yard and later added The Back Room Custom Picture Framing. She ran both businesses for many years.
She was happiest when working and serving her family, church, and community. She raised her family in the Central Presbyterian Church of Wortham where she taught Sunday school and later served as an Elder in the church. Always ahead of her time, she was never concerned about traditional gender roles and was as comfortable hanging gutter as she was sewing uniforms for all of the cheerleaders, sewing wedding dresses, keeping bees, organic gardening, building cabinets, baking cookies for a school fund-raiser, or rocking the grand babies.
She served as a den mother, room mother, PTA President, President of the Freestone Art League, worked on numerous committees and could always be counted on to support area projects from saving Ft. Parker, taking part in Frontier Days to supporting the Wortham Area Chamber of Commerce on their many projects including The Wortham Blues Festival.
Bobbie loved to read, appreciated the arts, was quick to smile and laughed often. She lived a simple life, had a strong faith, gave of herself without asking for anything in return. She was a friend to many.
Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband W.O. Richardson; and brother Doyle "Jumbo" Spakes.
Survivors include her daughters: Paula Richardson-Rogers, of Groesbeck, Robin Hulsey and husband, Jeff, of Pflugerville, and Kim Johns and husband, George, of Wortham; son, Gary Richardson and wife, Tina, of La Porte, TX; grandchildren: Amy Kramer and husband, Chris, of Manassas, VA, Brandon Richardson, Sean Richardson and wife, Sophia, and Alexandra Johns, all of Wortham, Ryan Hulsey and wife, Shannon, of Denver: great-grandchildren, C.J. and Ashley Kramer, Gavin Richardson, Jalen Ashley and Emma Hulsey; other relatives and many friends. L5
Bobbie was born just outside of Tehuacana, Texas, to the late Dossie and Roma Spakes. She attended school in Tehuacana. After graduating from the 7th grade, she then moved with her family to Wortham to finish out her education. In Wortham, she met and married W.O. Richardson. Together Bobbie and W.O. built a life in Wortham where they raised their four children.
Bobbie's dedication and love for the community ran as deep as her family ties to the Wortham area, which can be traced back to the 1800s. Together, she and W.O. owned and operated multiple businesses over the years. Their journey began in the sheet metal business, adding air conditioning, and they later purchased the local hardware store and created Wortham Construction and Supply and built many homes and businesses in the area. After retiring from the home building business, Bobbie continued to run Wortham Construction and Supply, known to locals as the Lumber Yard and later added The Back Room Custom Picture Framing. She ran both businesses for many years.
She was happiest when working and serving her family, church, and community. She raised her family in the Central Presbyterian Church of Wortham where she taught Sunday school and later served as an Elder in the church. Always ahead of her time, she was never concerned about traditional gender roles and was as comfortable hanging gutter as she was sewing uniforms for all of the cheerleaders, sewing wedding dresses, keeping bees, organic gardening, building cabinets, baking cookies for a school fund-raiser, or rocking the grand babies.
She served as a den mother, room mother, PTA President, President of the Freestone Art League, worked on numerous committees and could always be counted on to support area projects from saving Ft. Parker, taking part in Frontier Days to supporting the Wortham Area Chamber of Commerce on their many projects including The Wortham Blues Festival.
Bobbie loved to read, appreciated the arts, was quick to smile and laughed often. She lived a simple life, had a strong faith, gave of herself without asking for anything in return. She was a friend to many.
Bobbie was preceded in death by her husband W.O. Richardson; and brother Doyle "Jumbo" Spakes.
Survivors include her daughters: Paula Richardson-Rogers, of Groesbeck, Robin Hulsey and husband, Jeff, of Pflugerville, and Kim Johns and husband, George, of Wortham; son, Gary Richardson and wife, Tina, of La Porte, TX; grandchildren: Amy Kramer and husband, Chris, of Manassas, VA, Brandon Richardson, Sean Richardson and wife, Sophia, and Alexandra Johns, all of Wortham, Ryan Hulsey and wife, Shannon, of Denver: great-grandchildren, C.J. and Ashley Kramer, Gavin Richardson, Jalen Ashley and Emma Hulsey; other relatives and many friends. L5
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