Lois Eileen Notley

Lois Eileen Notley went to be with the Lord on July 8, 2012. She had been under 24 hour hospice care for 3 days. She passed away at Colonial Lodge Assisted Living in Plano, Texas. Lois had moved from Lockhart to Plano in 2009 to be near her daughters, Nancy Amos and Anne Guerrero. Lois had been a resident of Lockhart from 1947 to 1967, at which time her husband, William (Bill) was transferred to Ft. Worth, where they lived until his death in 1975. Lois returned to Lockhart at that time. She taught English in Lockhart from 1958 to 1967, and then from 1975 to 1987. Lois was a fourth generation Kansan. She was born to Fitzhugh Lee and Mae Jones Smith in Girard, Kansas on March 6, 1916. She moved with her parents to Garden City, Kansas in 1920. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1937. Lois was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, and graduated with a degree in journalism. She married William E. Notley in 1938. She and Bill moved 51 times from 1938-1948 when Bill was a geophysicist for Standard Oil of Indiana. Lois was an active member of the Lockhart Retired Teacher’s Association, several bridge clubs, and First United Methodist Church in Lockhart. At the church she had been a children’s Sunday school teacher, president of UMW, active volunteer, and participant in Bible studies. She loved the church members and her other friends in Lockhart, including her friends at The Greens. Lois remained a voracious reader, and even in her 96th year loved to talk with others about the things she learned reading the Smithsonian, National Geographic and the Bible. She imparted a deep curiosity about the world to her children and grandchildren. Her greatest legacy by far was her active faith in Jesus Christ, which she shared freely, first with her daughters and, even in the last years of her life, with the staff at Colonial Lodge in Plano who gave her great care. She is survived by her daughter Nancy Amos and husband Pat, daughter Anne Guerrero and husband Tom, granddaughter Angie White and husband Gary, grandson Austin Amos and wife, Lindsey, and also by great-granddaughters Katherine White, 8, Meredith White, 6, Claire Amos, 3, and great-grandson William Amos, 9 months. Lois will be greatly missed by family, friends, and caretakers. Funeral services will be Friday, July 13th at 1 PM at the First United Methodist Church in Lockhart. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Lockhart