Patricia Marie Sowell

Patricia "Patsy" Marie Sowell passed away on Wednesday, the 28th of January 2015, at the age of 82. She was born in Missouri on the 10th of October 1932, but spent her formative years in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Patsy went to Classen High School in Oklahoma City before attending two years at Stephens College for Women in Columbia, Missouri. She graduated in 1953 from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. At the University of Texas, she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority and was chosen as a nominee for "Sweetheart" of the university.

As a longtime resident of Houston, Patsy was a member of the Assistance League, Blue Bird Circle, and Pi Phi Mother's Club. She also was a member of the River Oaks Country Club of Houston, River Hill Country Club of Kerrville, St. Luke's United Methodist Church of Houston, The Longhorn Foundation, and a life member of The Texas Exes.

Patsy was a rare beauty who never looked her age. She loved reconnecting with her childhood friends from Oklahoma, playing bridge, going to lunch with her friends from college, and spending time with her children and grandchildren at her homes in River Oaks and Hunt, Texas. She was a knowledgeable and avid sports enthusiast who loved Texas Longhorn Football in Austin, where she had season tickets for over forty years. Besides college football, Patsy also loved NBA basketball and NFL football. She could rattle off statistics as well as any sports announcer.

She was the beloved wife of the late Jack Robson "Buzzy" Sowell, and cherished mother to her son, Michael Stephen Sowell and his fiancé Jeanette Powell, and daughter, Laura Kay Sowell. Patsy adored her grandchildren, Lauren Elizabeth Brown Wood and husband Daniel, and Kendra Christine Sowell. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Metta Owens Stone and Lester Marvin Stone of Oklahoma City; and aunt, Anna May Rector of Houston.

The Sowell family would like to express their gratitude to long time housekeeper and friend, Graciela "Chella" Melchor, who has been a part of their family for over thirty years.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening on Monday, the 2nd of February, in the library and grand foyer of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

The funeral service is to be conducted at two o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 3rd of February, in the Sanctuary of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road in Houston, where Rev. Bill Denham, will officiate. Immediately following the service, all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the adjacent Hines Baker Room.

Following the service, the family will gather for a private interment at Mission Park South Cemetery in San Antonio.

In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3471 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX, 77027.

Patsy was truly loved and will be greatly missed by family and friends.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:13)