Elizabeth Gail Huff, LPN, RN, DJ; January 4, 1937 to December 22, 2016
Elizabeth Gail Huff was born January 4, 1937 in Gonzales County, Texas, to parents Lewis Corder Huff and Mattie Mae, nee Carley, Huff; who themselves had been born and raised in the environs of Harwood, also in Gonzales County. Upon the time of her entering elementary school, the family had moved to West Columbia, Texas in Brazoria County. Elizabeth was educated in the West Columbia Independent School District, from elementary school through high school, and graduated in 1955. As a youth, and later as a teenager, she was active in both the Girl Scouts and 4H. She excelled in the craft of dressmaking and won many ribbons and honors in county-wide and state-wide competitions.
Elizabeth married Robert E. Jones of Sweeny, Texas on her 18th (sic) birthday and enrolled in the Wharton County Junior College in the fall semester of 1955. Shortly after her matriculation, her husband was drafted into the US Army and Elizabeth set aside her goal of graduating from college. Elizabeth moved with her husband to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he was stationed and where she obtained employment as a technician caring for small animals in a medical research setting. This marriage to ended in divorce with no offspring. Gail remained in Arizona for several years, where she became acutely aware of the struggles experienced by some of the local residents who were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to health care and the criminal justice system.
Circa 1961, Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles, California, where at the UCLA Medical School, she continued her work of caring for medical research animals. In California, she twice entered into marriage, first to Clyde E. Shaffer II (21 Mar 1962 in San Diego County) and later to Robert M. Davis (24 Jul 1964 in Riverside County); each of which were dissolved by divorce. She was unmarried for the remainder of her life.
Throughout the 1970's, Elizabeth was a regular at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. She liked to engage in extreme skiing, which involved flying to a mountain top by helicopter, followed by a descent on skis over unmarked (virgin) terrain. Following a serious injury, Elizabeth returned to her parents' home in West Columbia, Texas for a lengthy recuperation. Her time of recovery was also a time of introspection and reflection on the many people, whom she felt, like herself, were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to the health care and criminal justice systems.
Post-recovery, Gail picked up and acted upon her youthful educational goal. She successfully pursued education and licensure, first as a LPN, then as an RN. Finally in 1990, after having received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence (DJ) from the South Texas College of Law, she became a member of the Texas Bar. She initially practiced law independently in Houston. Then after several years, she moved to Nacogdoches, where she became an employee of the Texas Prison System and was assigned to address crimes committed by inmates within the prison system. Circa 1992, after the death of her father, she transferred within the Texas Prison System to work in El Paso, Texas. In addition to her legal work, Elizabeth became involved in a citizen's patrol organization to watch the banks of the Rio Grande River in an effort to stop illegal immigration and to reduce drug trafficking. She also continued to promote personal/professional improvement thru education, because she felt that her own advanced education had enabled her to be more effective in her efforts to help others.
After retiring from the Texas Prison System in 2014, Elizabeth continued to reside in El Paso, where she promoted conservative causes, maintained personal contact with many of her former co-workers, and readily assisted many of her neighbors when they required legal advice.
Elizabeth Gail Huff was predeceased by her sister, Marlin Eyvonne Huff, and both parents, who are buried in Harwood Texas, respectively, in the Harwood Community Cemetery and in the Harwood Masonic Cemetery. She was survived by her brother Lloyd C. Huff, sister-in-law Valerie J. Huff, her two nieces, Amanda Mae Huff and Lesley Ann Huff, as well as her grand-niece Parker Amanda Hoober.
Elizabeth's remains were cremated and her ashes spread along one of her favorite ski slopes in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico.
∼TMSI [6822]: M1227a — 7G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Elizabeth Gail Huff was born January 4, 1937 in Gonzales County, Texas, to parents Lewis Corder Huff and Mattie Mae, nee Carley, Huff; who themselves had been born and raised in the environs of Harwood, also in Gonzales County. Upon the time of her entering elementary school, the family had moved to West Columbia, Texas in Brazoria County. Elizabeth was educated in the West Columbia Independent School District, from elementary school through high school, and graduated in 1955. As a youth, and later as a teenager, she was active in both the Girl Scouts and 4H. She excelled in the craft of dressmaking and won many ribbons and honors in county-wide and state-wide competitions.
Elizabeth married Robert E. Jones of Sweeny, Texas on her 18th (sic) birthday and enrolled in the Wharton County Junior College in the fall semester of 1955. Shortly after her matriculation, her husband was drafted into the US Army and Elizabeth set aside her goal of graduating from college. Elizabeth moved with her husband to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he was stationed and where she obtained employment as a technician caring for small animals in a medical research setting. This marriage to ended in divorce with no offspring. Gail remained in Arizona for several years, where she became acutely aware of the struggles experienced by some of the local residents who were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to health care and the criminal justice system.
Circa 1961, Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles, California, where at the UCLA Medical School, she continued her work of caring for medical research animals. In California, she twice entered into marriage, first to Clyde E. Shaffer II (21 Mar 1962 in San Diego County) and later to Robert M. Davis (24 Jul 1964 in Riverside County); each of which were dissolved by divorce. She was unmarried for the remainder of her life.
Throughout the 1970's, Elizabeth was a regular at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. She liked to engage in extreme skiing, which involved flying to a mountain top by helicopter, followed by a descent on skis over unmarked (virgin) terrain. Following a serious injury, Elizabeth returned to her parents' home in West Columbia, Texas for a lengthy recuperation. Her time of recovery was also a time of introspection and reflection on the many people, whom she felt, like herself, were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to the health care and criminal justice systems.
Post-recovery, Gail picked up and acted upon her youthful educational goal. She successfully pursued education and licensure, first as a LPN, then as an RN. Finally in 1990, after having received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence (DJ) from the South Texas College of Law, she became a member of the Texas Bar. She initially practiced law independently in Houston. Then after several years, she moved to Nacogdoches, where she became an employee of the Texas Prison System and was assigned to address crimes committed by inmates within the prison system. Circa 1992, after the death of her father, she transferred within the Texas Prison System to work in El Paso, Texas. In addition to her legal work, Elizabeth became involved in a citizen's patrol organization to watch the banks of the Rio Grande River in an effort to stop illegal immigration and to reduce drug trafficking. She also continued to promote personal/professional improvement thru education, because she felt that her own advanced education had enabled her to be more effective in her efforts to help others.
After retiring from the Texas Prison System in 2014, Elizabeth continued to reside in El Paso, where she promoted conservative causes, maintained personal contact with many of her former co-workers, and readily assisted many of her neighbors when they required legal advice.
Elizabeth Gail Huff was predeceased by her sister, Marlin Eyvonne Huff, and both parents, who are buried in Harwood Texas, respectively, in the Harwood Community Cemetery and in the Harwood Masonic Cemetery. She was survived by her brother Lloyd C. Huff, sister-in-law Valerie J. Huff, her two nieces, Amanda Mae Huff and Lesley Ann Huff, as well as her grand-niece Parker Amanda Hoober.
Elizabeth's remains were cremated and her ashes spread along one of her favorite ski slopes in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico.
∼TMSI [6822]: M1227a — 7G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Elizabeth Gail Huff, LPN, RN, DJ; January 4, 1937 to December 22, 2016
Elizabeth Gail Huff was born January 4, 1937 in Gonzales County, Texas, to parents Lewis Corder Huff and Mattie Mae, nee Carley, Huff; who themselves had been born and raised in the environs of Harwood, also in Gonzales County. Upon the time of her entering elementary school, the family had moved to West Columbia, Texas in Brazoria County. Elizabeth was educated in the West Columbia Independent School District, from elementary school through high school, and graduated in 1955. As a youth, and later as a teenager, she was active in both the Girl Scouts and 4H. She excelled in the craft of dressmaking and won many ribbons and honors in county-wide and state-wide competitions.
Elizabeth married Robert E. Jones of Sweeny, Texas on her 18th (sic) birthday and enrolled in the Wharton County Junior College in the fall semester of 1955. Shortly after her matriculation, her husband was drafted into the US Army and Elizabeth set aside her goal of graduating from college. Elizabeth moved with her husband to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he was stationed and where she obtained employment as a technician caring for small animals in a medical research setting. This marriage to ended in divorce with no offspring. Gail remained in Arizona for several years, where she became acutely aware of the struggles experienced by some of the local residents who were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to health care and the criminal justice system.
Circa 1961, Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles, California, where at the UCLA Medical School, she continued her work of caring for medical research animals. In California, she twice entered into marriage, first to Clyde E. Shaffer II (21 Mar 1962 in San Diego County) and later to Robert M. Davis (24 Jul 1964 in Riverside County); each of which were dissolved by divorce. She was unmarried for the remainder of her life.
Throughout the 1970's, Elizabeth was a regular at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. She liked to engage in extreme skiing, which involved flying to a mountain top by helicopter, followed by a descent on skis over unmarked (virgin) terrain. Following a serious injury, Elizabeth returned to her parents' home in West Columbia, Texas for a lengthy recuperation. Her time of recovery was also a time of introspection and reflection on the many people, whom she felt, like herself, were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to the health care and criminal justice systems.
Post-recovery, Gail picked up and acted upon her youthful educational goal. She successfully pursued education and licensure, first as a LPN, then as an RN. Finally in 1990, after having received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence (DJ) from the South Texas College of Law, she became a member of the Texas Bar. She initially practiced law independently in Houston. Then after several years, she moved to Nacogdoches, where she became an employee of the Texas Prison System and was assigned to address crimes committed by inmates within the prison system. Circa 1992, after the death of her father, she transferred within the Texas Prison System to work in El Paso, Texas. In addition to her legal work, Elizabeth became involved in a citizen's patrol organization to watch the banks of the Rio Grande River in an effort to stop illegal immigration and to reduce drug trafficking. She also continued to promote personal/professional improvement thru education, because she felt that her own advanced education had enabled her to be more effective in her efforts to help others.
After retiring from the Texas Prison System in 2014, Elizabeth continued to reside in El Paso, where she promoted conservative causes, maintained personal contact with many of her former co-workers, and readily assisted many of her neighbors when they required legal advice.
Elizabeth Gail Huff was predeceased by her sister, Marlin Eyvonne Huff, and both parents, who are buried in Harwood Texas, respectively, in the Harwood Community Cemetery and in the Harwood Masonic Cemetery. She was survived by her brother Lloyd C. Huff, sister-in-law Valerie J. Huff, her two nieces, Amanda Mae Huff and Lesley Ann Huff, as well as her grand-niece Parker Amanda Hoober.
Elizabeth's remains were cremated and her ashes spread along one of her favorite ski slopes in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico.
∼TMSI [6822]: M1227a — 7G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
Elizabeth Gail Huff was born January 4, 1937 in Gonzales County, Texas, to parents Lewis Corder Huff and Mattie Mae, nee Carley, Huff; who themselves had been born and raised in the environs of Harwood, also in Gonzales County. Upon the time of her entering elementary school, the family had moved to West Columbia, Texas in Brazoria County. Elizabeth was educated in the West Columbia Independent School District, from elementary school through high school, and graduated in 1955. As a youth, and later as a teenager, she was active in both the Girl Scouts and 4H. She excelled in the craft of dressmaking and won many ribbons and honors in county-wide and state-wide competitions.
Elizabeth married Robert E. Jones of Sweeny, Texas on her 18th (sic) birthday and enrolled in the Wharton County Junior College in the fall semester of 1955. Shortly after her matriculation, her husband was drafted into the US Army and Elizabeth set aside her goal of graduating from college. Elizabeth moved with her husband to Fort Huachuca, Arizona, where he was stationed and where she obtained employment as a technician caring for small animals in a medical research setting. This marriage to ended in divorce with no offspring. Gail remained in Arizona for several years, where she became acutely aware of the struggles experienced by some of the local residents who were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to health care and the criminal justice system.
Circa 1961, Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles, California, where at the UCLA Medical School, she continued her work of caring for medical research animals. In California, she twice entered into marriage, first to Clyde E. Shaffer II (21 Mar 1962 in San Diego County) and later to Robert M. Davis (24 Jul 1964 in Riverside County); each of which were dissolved by divorce. She was unmarried for the remainder of her life.
Throughout the 1970's, Elizabeth was a regular at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California. She liked to engage in extreme skiing, which involved flying to a mountain top by helicopter, followed by a descent on skis over unmarked (virgin) terrain. Following a serious injury, Elizabeth returned to her parents' home in West Columbia, Texas for a lengthy recuperation. Her time of recovery was also a time of introspection and reflection on the many people, whom she felt, like herself, were beyond the governmental and societal safety nets, when it came to the health care and criminal justice systems.
Post-recovery, Gail picked up and acted upon her youthful educational goal. She successfully pursued education and licensure, first as a LPN, then as an RN. Finally in 1990, after having received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence (DJ) from the South Texas College of Law, she became a member of the Texas Bar. She initially practiced law independently in Houston. Then after several years, she moved to Nacogdoches, where she became an employee of the Texas Prison System and was assigned to address crimes committed by inmates within the prison system. Circa 1992, after the death of her father, she transferred within the Texas Prison System to work in El Paso, Texas. In addition to her legal work, Elizabeth became involved in a citizen's patrol organization to watch the banks of the Rio Grande River in an effort to stop illegal immigration and to reduce drug trafficking. She also continued to promote personal/professional improvement thru education, because she felt that her own advanced education had enabled her to be more effective in her efforts to help others.
After retiring from the Texas Prison System in 2014, Elizabeth continued to reside in El Paso, where she promoted conservative causes, maintained personal contact with many of her former co-workers, and readily assisted many of her neighbors when they required legal advice.
Elizabeth Gail Huff was predeceased by her sister, Marlin Eyvonne Huff, and both parents, who are buried in Harwood Texas, respectively, in the Harwood Community Cemetery and in the Harwood Masonic Cemetery. She was survived by her brother Lloyd C. Huff, sister-in-law Valerie J. Huff, her two nieces, Amanda Mae Huff and Lesley Ann Huff, as well as her grand-niece Parker Amanda Hoober.
Elizabeth's remains were cremated and her ashes spread along one of her favorite ski slopes in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico.
∼TMSI [6822]: M1227a — 7G-Granddaughter of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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