Judith Nan Davidson Driskill was born in Houston to Clela and Ralph Davidson on October 1, 1941. She moved to Austin as a child where she met her two lifelong friends at O. Henry Middle School that she loved like sisters until the day she left them. She, along with Gail King Lerche and Sue Beasley Watson have shared too many adventures to mention over 68 years of friendship. She loved her many trips and celebrations with their families, especially the Beasley/Neeper clan who always included her.
She met William (Bill) Driskill at Dirty Martin’s in 1962 and they enjoyed 42 laughter filled years of marriage before he passed in 2006. Judy was also preceded in death by her beloved younger sister Susan Irvin, who she is undoubtedly giggling and over indulging in champagne with while her chubby black cat Prissy sits in her lap once again.
Judy was a funny and spunky lady who loved a frozen margarita, shopping at Chico’s, cooking and watching Food Network. She was also a quite talented tole painter and loved taking classes with her great friends from HOTT club. She also greatly enjoyed her after-meeting lunches with her pals from TOPS club. She treasured the friendship of those ladies. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church and in the past had enjoyed volunteering with them, which was good because she equally enjoyed a well crafted Old Fashioned at Jeffrey’s and a good dirty joke, the filthier the better.
She is survived by her only daughter, Stephanie Driskill Haynes and son in law, Randy, who she loved like her own. Some of her last words were that it was easier to leave us because she knew he would take care of her girls. She absolutely worshipped her only granddaughter, Chloe, and will be guarding over her and likely rolling her eyes forever more. She is also survived by nephews Scott Irvin and Tim Driskill and niece Sarah Driskill.
Judy had been struggling recently with pulmonary fibrosis and had a weakened immune system. She spent her last 10 days under the exhausted and courageous care of the Seton Hospital staff in the Covid ward. She was one of only a handful of patients out of seven floors who was vaccinated, but her fragile lungs just couldn’t recover. If you would like to honor her memory, please consider a donation to The Seton Fund in her name. The Associate Emergency Relief Fund and Seton Network COVID-19 Response Fund specifically, are the two divisions that directly benefit the staff who rallied for her and were so kind to us with little future relief in sight. Thank you 4th floor angels! https://supportseton.org/donate/
Her 80th birthday is October 1 and we will be serving mimosas and cupcakes at Weed-Corley-Fish from 10am-12pm that day if you wish to stop by and toast her one last time. Her final request was for anyone still vaccine hesitant, to please speak with their doctor and reconsider getting vaccinated. Even though she was a rare and terrible breakthrough statistic, she was most importantly my mom, my fellow lover of Container Store and crime dramas and award show red carpets. She was loved by all her knew her and we lost her before we should have.
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