Bobbie Eubanks Steakley

Colorado City - Mrs. Bobbie Eubanks Steakley, age 79, of Colorado
City, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Services
will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007, at First Baptist
Church in Colorado City. Burial will follow in the Sweetwater
Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.

Bobbie was born July 14, 1927, in Adamsville to Carl and Faye
Shurtleff Eubanks. She was raised in and around Lampassas and Coryell
County area. She attended Baylor University shortly after World War
II where she met and married her husband, Dr. H. Jene Steakley on
December 5, 1946. He preceded her in death on May 21, 2005. In 1950,
she and her husband moved to Colorado City, where they lived the rest
of their lives. It was there she raised her three sons.

Bobbie was a ray of sunshine to each and every person she met. She
was bright, vivacious and fun. She enjoyed people and never met a
stranger. She was very active in her community. She was a dedicated
and loyal member of her church, First Baptist Church of Colorado
City. There she taught Sunday school for many years, sang in the
choir and was active in virtually every church activity. She was also
a founding member of the Colorado City Playhouse and starred in many
of its productions. Bobbie was a voracious reader. She was also in
great demand to give book reviews and gave them throughout the West
Texas area. She also enjoyed her membership in the Garden Club. For
many years she was also an active and accomplished bridge player.
More than anything else, however, she was a loving daughter, sister,
wife and mother. She was truly, the heart and soul of the family.

She is survived by her two sisters: Mary Voss of Gatesville and
Billie Short of Wimberley; her three sons, Harry Jene Steakley, Jr.
and wife, Elaine, of Snyder, Zollie Carl Steakley and wife Jan, of
Sweetwater and Dan Stephen Steakley and wife, Patricia, of Austin;
grandchildren Amy Elizabeth Steakley Boyer and husband, Brad of
Frindswood, Maefair Michelle Steakley Keese and husband, Chris, of
San Antonio, Joseph Jene Steakley of Chicago, Ill., Zollie Carlton
Steakley and wife, Jessica and Scarlett Ruth Steakley, all of Waco,
Dan Stephen Steakley, Jr. and wife, Alyson, of Austin, William Miller
Steakley and fiance, Karen of Austins and Susan Ashley Steakley Kim
and husband, Benedict, of Austin; and her four great-grandchildren:
Tyson Keese, Savanna Keese, Anna Steakley and Margaret Steakley.
She is also preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Martha
Faye McCoy.

The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.