Paula Edwards passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 under the care of Kindred Hospice at Cedar Ridge in Cedar Park, Texas. Paula was 84 years of age. She was born on November 29, 1935 in Houston, Texas to the late George Ray Edwards and Lillian (Deshazo) Edwards, and lived her early years in Ft Worth, Texas. Paula moved to Boyd, Texas at age 5 when her father built the family home by the Trinity River. She attended Boyd schools grades 1-12 and later married Vernon R. Mayfield out of High School in 1954. They moved to Oklahoma for Vernon's job and had 3 children. She lived in Oklahoma and Colorado before returning to Kerrville, Texas in 1978 to help care for her mother. She moved to Lago Vista, Texas in 2007 and remained in the area until her death.
Paula held many jobs in her life starting in High School working in a grocery store until her last job as a caregiver at age 70. Her favorite job was that in nursing. In addition to years of dedicated employment, she was also involved in many social and civic activities.
Paula was an active, intelligent, and generous woman. She was a true one of a kind and will forever be remembered for her love of family and the many friends in her life. She was especially proud and fond of her granddaughter Emily. Paula will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by son; Vernon A. Mayfield and his wife Julie and granddaughter Emily Mayfield as well as many extended family members and close friends.
In addition to her parents, Paula is preceded in death by three sisters; Marjorie Nell, Judith Willis and Norma Mayfield, and two daughters; Tami Mayfield and Kay Lynn Mayfield
The family would like to thank Kindred Hospice and Cedar Ridge Alzheimer's facility for their loving care.
A Graveside service will be at a later date in Bagdad Cemetery in Leander, Texas.
The following is a poem that Paula held dear...
THE WAY TO GOD by Helen Steiner Rice
If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I reach for a hand to help and sustain?
If I walked not with sorrow and lived not with loss, would my soul seek sweet solace at the foot of the cross?
If all I desired was mine day by day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
I ask myself this, and the answer is plain - if my life were all pleasure and I never knew pain, I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God's sought more often in times of distress -
And no one knows God or sees Him as plain as those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.
Paula held many jobs in her life starting in High School working in a grocery store until her last job as a caregiver at age 70. Her favorite job was that in nursing. In addition to years of dedicated employment, she was also involved in many social and civic activities.
Paula was an active, intelligent, and generous woman. She was a true one of a kind and will forever be remembered for her love of family and the many friends in her life. She was especially proud and fond of her granddaughter Emily. Paula will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by son; Vernon A. Mayfield and his wife Julie and granddaughter Emily Mayfield as well as many extended family members and close friends.
In addition to her parents, Paula is preceded in death by three sisters; Marjorie Nell, Judith Willis and Norma Mayfield, and two daughters; Tami Mayfield and Kay Lynn Mayfield
The family would like to thank Kindred Hospice and Cedar Ridge Alzheimer's facility for their loving care.
A Graveside service will be at a later date in Bagdad Cemetery in Leander, Texas.
The following is a poem that Paula held dear...
THE WAY TO GOD by Helen Steiner Rice
If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I reach for a hand to help and sustain?
If I walked not with sorrow and lived not with loss, would my soul seek sweet solace at the foot of the cross?
If all I desired was mine day by day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
I ask myself this, and the answer is plain - if my life were all pleasure and I never knew pain, I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God's sought more often in times of distress -
And no one knows God or sees Him as plain as those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.
Paula Edwards passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 under the care of Kindred Hospice at Cedar Ridge in Cedar Park, Texas. Paula was 84 years of age. She was born on November 29, 1935 in Houston, Texas to the late George Ray Edwards and Lillian (Deshazo) Edwards, and lived her early years in Ft Worth, Texas. Paula moved to Boyd, Texas at age 5 when her father built the family home by the Trinity River. She attended Boyd schools grades 1-12 and later married Vernon R. Mayfield out of High School in 1954. They moved to Oklahoma for Vernon's job and had 3 children. She lived in Oklahoma and Colorado before returning to Kerrville, Texas in 1978 to help care for her mother. She moved to Lago Vista, Texas in 2007 and remained in the area until her death.
Paula held many jobs in her life starting in High School working in a grocery store until her last job as a caregiver at age 70. Her favorite job was that in nursing. In addition to years of dedicated employment, she was also involved in many social and civic activities.
Paula was an active, intelligent, and generous woman. She was a true one of a kind and will forever be remembered for her love of family and the many friends in her life. She was especially proud and fond of her granddaughter Emily. Paula will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by son; Vernon A. Mayfield and his wife Julie and granddaughter Emily Mayfield as well as many extended family members and close friends.
In addition to her parents, Paula is preceded in death by three sisters; Marjorie Nell, Judith Willis and Norma Mayfield, and two daughters; Tami Mayfield and Kay Lynn Mayfield
The family would like to thank Kindred Hospice and Cedar Ridge Alzheimer's facility for their loving care.
A Graveside service will be at a later date in Bagdad Cemetery in Leander, Texas.
The following is a poem that Paula held dear...
THE WAY TO GOD by Helen Steiner Rice
If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I reach for a hand to help and sustain?
If I walked not with sorrow and lived not with loss, would my soul seek sweet solace at the foot of the cross?
If all I desired was mine day by day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
I ask myself this, and the answer is plain - if my life were all pleasure and I never knew pain, I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God's sought more often in times of distress -
And no one knows God or sees Him as plain as those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.
Paula held many jobs in her life starting in High School working in a grocery store until her last job as a caregiver at age 70. Her favorite job was that in nursing. In addition to years of dedicated employment, she was also involved in many social and civic activities.
Paula was an active, intelligent, and generous woman. She was a true one of a kind and will forever be remembered for her love of family and the many friends in her life. She was especially proud and fond of her granddaughter Emily. Paula will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by son; Vernon A. Mayfield and his wife Julie and granddaughter Emily Mayfield as well as many extended family members and close friends.
In addition to her parents, Paula is preceded in death by three sisters; Marjorie Nell, Judith Willis and Norma Mayfield, and two daughters; Tami Mayfield and Kay Lynn Mayfield
The family would like to thank Kindred Hospice and Cedar Ridge Alzheimer's facility for their loving care.
A Graveside service will be at a later date in Bagdad Cemetery in Leander, Texas.
The following is a poem that Paula held dear...
THE WAY TO GOD by Helen Steiner Rice
If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I reach for a hand to help and sustain?
If I walked not with sorrow and lived not with loss, would my soul seek sweet solace at the foot of the cross?
If all I desired was mine day by day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
I ask myself this, and the answer is plain - if my life were all pleasure and I never knew pain, I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God's sought more often in times of distress -
And no one knows God or sees Him as plain as those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.
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