Obituary: Emma Lee Bickley, April 5, 2013

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
Mar 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - April 12, 2013

Emma Lee Bickley, 83, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on 
April 5, 2013. Visitation was at the funeral home on Sunday April 7, 2013, 
with the family present to receive visitors from 5 pm to 7 pm. Funeral 
services were at 10 am, April 8, 2013, at the First United Methodist 
Church of Robert Lee, officiated by Reverend Cyndi Weidner.
Burial followed in the Robert Lee Cemetery. Services were under the 
direction of Shaffer Funeral Home.
 
Emma Lee was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico, on October 2, 1929, to Ed 
and Leona (Ingram) Thomas. She met the love of her life, Jimmy Bickley, 
on a blind date set up by Jimmy's sister in law. They were married on 
October 10, 1953, and shared fifty-nine wonderful years of marriage.

Emma Lee was a very devoted wife and mother. She supported her husband 
in his job as school superintendent of RLISD for twenty-three years, 
worked in the school cafeteria and above all was a homemaker. Emma Lee 
was a wonderful cook and her children, friends and just about everyone 
in Robert Lee will always remember her for the delicious Christmas candy 
she made every year. Her daughters and grandchildren were her pride and 
joy. She never missed an activity they participated in and was there for 
them any time she was needed.
 
She was a woman of strong faith and she loved her Lord. She was a member 
of the First United Methodist Church of Robert Lee and was very active 
in the United Methodist Women. Her loving ways will be greatly missed by 
all those whose lives she touched.

She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Rosco Thomas.

Emma Lee is survived by her husband, Jimmy Bickley of Robert Lee; daughters, 
Elizabeth Barron and husband Armando of Midland, Stella Wilber and husband 
Johnny of Greenwood and Martha Benedict and husband Scott of Midland; her 
sister, Mary Jones of  Big Spring; and grandchildren; Weston Wilber of 
Greenwood and Tyler and Jake Benedict of Midland.
 
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made 
to the Alzheimer's Association.

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