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Weaver, Elizabeth Gladys

Weaver, Elizabeth Gladys

Female 1920 - 2009  (89 years)

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  • Name Weaver, Elizabeth Gladys 
    Born 25 Nov 1920  Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Nov 2009  At Home - Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 17 Dec 2009  Forest Park Cemetery - Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #45228729
    Person ID I10350  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Weaver, Joe 
    Mother Lacy, Lizzie Gladys,   b. 7 Jun 1891, Arp, Smith County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1948, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F4203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bracewell, Joseph Searcy Jr.,   b. 19 Jan 1918, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 2003, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1940  Harris County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Bracewell, Joseph Searcy (Joe) III
     2. Bracewell, Elizabeth Ann (Betsy)
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F4210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Elizabeth Gladys Weaver
    Elizabeth Gladys Weaver
    Elizabeth Gladys Weaver

  • Notes 
    • Obituary


       


      ELIZABETH WEAVER BRACEWELL passed away on Saturday, the 28th of November 2009, at her home in Houston, Texas.


      She was a member of Second Baptist Church and the Encouragers Class. Elizabeth was a native Houstonian, born in the Heights on the 25th of November 1920.


      She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe Weaver and Lizzie Lacy, as well as her husband, Searcy Bracewell, a prominent attorney and former State Senator. Elizabeth and Searcy enjoyed more than sixty years of happy married life together.


      A graduate of Sam Houston High School, Elizabeth was a founding member and third president of the Houston Junior Forum. A legal secretary before she met and married Searcy in 1940, Elizabeth was a meticulous record-keeper and organizer who exercised her artistic vision in everything she did. While Searcy was overseas during World War II, she began studying art and was a prolific painter throughout her life. She was also an avid collector of Early American antiques.


      From 1969 to 1971, she served as president of the Harris County Heritage Society where she was instrumental in the Society's development of Sam Houston Park.


      Elizabeth is survived by her son Joe Bracewell and his wife Peggy of Washington , D.C., her daughter Betsy Machac and her husband David of Roans Prairie, Texas, her seven grandchildren Eric Machac and his wife Staci, Clare Bracewell and her husband Jeff Schmitt, Melissa Machac and her husband Rick Burleson, Stephanie Machac and her husband Kent Boring, Patrick Bracewell and his wife Meghan, Charles Bracewell, and Jacob Machac, her four great-grandchildren Crystal Machac Scheinost, Courtney Machac, Henry Joseph Schmitt, and James Bracewell Schmitt, and her great-great grandson Owen Maxwell Scheinost. Other survivors include her niece Lyn Bracewell and her husband Judge Tom Phillips and their sons Thomas Kirkham and Daniel Phillips, and her nephew Brad Bracewell and his wife Kathy and their children Bradley, Laynie, Mollie, and Edward.


      Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from six until eight o'clock in the evening on Wednesday, the 16th of December, at Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.


      All are invited to join the family at the graveside service to be conducted at ten o'clock in the morning on Thursday, the 17th of December, at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale Avenue in Houston. A uniformed steward from Geo. H. Lewis & Sons is to be positioned at the cemetery's entrance so as to guide guests to the interment site.


      A memorial service is to be conducted at one o'clock in the afternoon, also on Thursday, in the Sanctuary of Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Drive in Houston.


      Obituary and photo from the Houston Chronicle, Sunday, December 6, 2009.