Lottie Jo (Sug) Owens Bloxom, went to the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Midland, Texas. She was born in San Angelo on July 17, 1926, to Tom and Ella Owens.
Sug grew up on various ranches in Crockett, Irion, Reagan and Upton counties. She made a "top hand" working beside her mother, father and sister raising sheep and Angus cattle. As a baby, her father would take her horseback by carrying her in the front of his saddle. By the time she could walk, she was taking horses out by herself. In the late 1930's and early '40's, Sug would ride in rodeos as a sponsor girl, because there were no competitive women's events.
In 1943, as a college freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, she and her sister, along with others, began the Girls Rodeo Association to get timed events for women. Roy Rogers, a leading cowboy movie star, recruited her in 1945 to be one of five selected "Ranch Girls". The "Girls" toured with Rogers for a month and performed with him in numerous venues, including Madison Square Garden in New York City. After graduating from TCU in 1949, with a teaching degree, she moved back to the ranch with her parents and taught school in Big Lake.
In 1950, she married her husband of 54 years, Shankle Bloxom, whom she met at TCU. They moved, with their two children, to the ranch in Upton County in 1956 after the death of her sister. Sug and Shank made Rankin their home and were very active in their community and church.
As a mother and grandmother she was beyond compare. Her patience and kindness were limitless. She had the unique ability to be a childlike playmate with kids of all ages. Her love of the country and all animals both wild and domestic is legendary.
She is survived by her daughter, Deb Bloxom of Andrews; her son, Tom Bloxom and wife Lou of Rankin; five grandchildren, Sha' Bloxom Thomas and husband Craig of Corpus Christi, Amy Lide Hegeman and her husband, Jon, of Anniston, Ala., Lorissa and Aaron Lide of College Station, Texas, and Katelyn Lide of Odessa; and three great-grandchildren Adalie and Dreese Thomas and Ella Kate Hegeman. Sug was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Ella Owens; her sister, Margaret Owens Montgomery; and her husband, Shankle Bloxom.
Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at First United Methodist Church of Rankin with the Rev. Jennifer Kelley officiating. Burial will be in Rankin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Published in GoSanAngelo from February 22 to February 23, 2012
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Sug grew up on various ranches in Crockett, Irion, Reagan and Upton counties. She made a "top hand" working beside her mother, father and sister raising sheep and Angus cattle. As a baby, her father would take her horseback by carrying her in the front of his saddle. By the time she could walk, she was taking horses out by herself. In the late 1930's and early '40's, Sug would ride in rodeos as a sponsor girl, because there were no competitive women's events.
In 1943, as a college freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, she and her sister, along with others, began the Girls Rodeo Association to get timed events for women. Roy Rogers, a leading cowboy movie star, recruited her in 1945 to be one of five selected "Ranch Girls". The "Girls" toured with Rogers for a month and performed with him in numerous venues, including Madison Square Garden in New York City. After graduating from TCU in 1949, with a teaching degree, she moved back to the ranch with her parents and taught school in Big Lake.
In 1950, she married her husband of 54 years, Shankle Bloxom, whom she met at TCU. They moved, with their two children, to the ranch in Upton County in 1956 after the death of her sister. Sug and Shank made Rankin their home and were very active in their community and church.
As a mother and grandmother she was beyond compare. Her patience and kindness were limitless. She had the unique ability to be a childlike playmate with kids of all ages. Her love of the country and all animals both wild and domestic is legendary.
She is survived by her daughter, Deb Bloxom of Andrews; her son, Tom Bloxom and wife Lou of Rankin; five grandchildren, Sha' Bloxom Thomas and husband Craig of Corpus Christi, Amy Lide Hegeman and her husband, Jon, of Anniston, Ala., Lorissa and Aaron Lide of College Station, Texas, and Katelyn Lide of Odessa; and three great-grandchildren Adalie and Dreese Thomas and Ella Kate Hegeman. Sug was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Ella Owens; her sister, Margaret Owens Montgomery; and her husband, Shankle Bloxom.
Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at First United Methodist Church of Rankin with the Rev. Jennifer Kelley officiating. Burial will be in Rankin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Published in GoSanAngelo from February 22 to February 23, 2012
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Lottie Jo (Sug) Owens Bloxom, went to the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Midland, Texas. She was born in San Angelo on July 17, 1926, to Tom and Ella Owens.
Sug grew up on various ranches in Crockett, Irion, Reagan and Upton counties. She made a "top hand" working beside her mother, father and sister raising sheep and Angus cattle. As a baby, her father would take her horseback by carrying her in the front of his saddle. By the time she could walk, she was taking horses out by herself. In the late 1930's and early '40's, Sug would ride in rodeos as a sponsor girl, because there were no competitive women's events.
In 1943, as a college freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, she and her sister, along with others, began the Girls Rodeo Association to get timed events for women. Roy Rogers, a leading cowboy movie star, recruited her in 1945 to be one of five selected "Ranch Girls". The "Girls" toured with Rogers for a month and performed with him in numerous venues, including Madison Square Garden in New York City. After graduating from TCU in 1949, with a teaching degree, she moved back to the ranch with her parents and taught school in Big Lake.
In 1950, she married her husband of 54 years, Shankle Bloxom, whom she met at TCU. They moved, with their two children, to the ranch in Upton County in 1956 after the death of her sister. Sug and Shank made Rankin their home and were very active in their community and church.
As a mother and grandmother she was beyond compare. Her patience and kindness were limitless. She had the unique ability to be a childlike playmate with kids of all ages. Her love of the country and all animals both wild and domestic is legendary.
She is survived by her daughter, Deb Bloxom of Andrews; her son, Tom Bloxom and wife Lou of Rankin; five grandchildren, Sha' Bloxom Thomas and husband Craig of Corpus Christi, Amy Lide Hegeman and her husband, Jon, of Anniston, Ala., Lorissa and Aaron Lide of College Station, Texas, and Katelyn Lide of Odessa; and three great-grandchildren Adalie and Dreese Thomas and Ella Kate Hegeman. Sug was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Ella Owens; her sister, Margaret Owens Montgomery; and her husband, Shankle Bloxom.
Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at First United Methodist Church of Rankin with the Rev. Jennifer Kelley officiating. Burial will be in Rankin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Published in GoSanAngelo from February 22 to February 23, 2012
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Sug grew up on various ranches in Crockett, Irion, Reagan and Upton counties. She made a "top hand" working beside her mother, father and sister raising sheep and Angus cattle. As a baby, her father would take her horseback by carrying her in the front of his saddle. By the time she could walk, she was taking horses out by herself. In the late 1930's and early '40's, Sug would ride in rodeos as a sponsor girl, because there were no competitive women's events.
In 1943, as a college freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, she and her sister, along with others, began the Girls Rodeo Association to get timed events for women. Roy Rogers, a leading cowboy movie star, recruited her in 1945 to be one of five selected "Ranch Girls". The "Girls" toured with Rogers for a month and performed with him in numerous venues, including Madison Square Garden in New York City. After graduating from TCU in 1949, with a teaching degree, she moved back to the ranch with her parents and taught school in Big Lake.
In 1950, she married her husband of 54 years, Shankle Bloxom, whom she met at TCU. They moved, with their two children, to the ranch in Upton County in 1956 after the death of her sister. Sug and Shank made Rankin their home and were very active in their community and church.
As a mother and grandmother she was beyond compare. Her patience and kindness were limitless. She had the unique ability to be a childlike playmate with kids of all ages. Her love of the country and all animals both wild and domestic is legendary.
She is survived by her daughter, Deb Bloxom of Andrews; her son, Tom Bloxom and wife Lou of Rankin; five grandchildren, Sha' Bloxom Thomas and husband Craig of Corpus Christi, Amy Lide Hegeman and her husband, Jon, of Anniston, Ala., Lorissa and Aaron Lide of College Station, Texas, and Katelyn Lide of Odessa; and three great-grandchildren Adalie and Dreese Thomas and Ella Kate Hegeman. Sug was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Ella Owens; her sister, Margaret Owens Montgomery; and her husband, Shankle Bloxom.
Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at First United Methodist Church of Rankin with the Rev. Jennifer Kelley officiating. Burial will be in Rankin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home of Crane.
Published in GoSanAngelo from February 22 to February 23, 2012
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