Judy Kathleen Wax Lander

Mrs. Lander, known as a sweet woman with a big heart, was the daughter of James Stratton Wax and Lolita Phillips Wax. She graduated from Lamar High School in 1961, and attended the University of Texas where she studied Classics. She graduated from the University of Houston with a B.A. in English after marrying Greg Martin in 1965. Also an accomplished pianist and vocalist, she combined her music and writing skills to help write and direct many amateur performances for her children’s schools and community organizations in New Orleans, Louisiana where she lived for 12 years. When she moved back to Houston to help care for her parents, she met and married in 1987 the love of her life, Jack W. Lander, Jr. Together they enjoyed traveling, golfing, and working on Jack’s farm in Hallettsville, Texas. In 1998, they bought the house in Highlands where they could golf and enjoy the lush glory of the Nantahala National Forest. Jack passed away there in 2002.

She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Debbie Wax and their son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Jessica; her daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Guido Faas and their children, Stella and Archer; her son and daughter-in-law Andrew and Bronwen Martin and their children, Olive, Coral and Stratton; and her three beloved shih-tzus, Pandy, Foxy and Inzi.

The memorial service is to be conducted at eleven o’clock in the morning on Saturday, the 28th of May, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where Dr. Linda Christians, Executive Pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, is to officiate.

In lieu of customary remembrances, the family asks that donations in memory of Mrs. Lander be directed to The Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130; or to pro-bono veterinary support at Cashiers Village Veterinary, 855 US Highway 64 W, Cashiers, NC, 28717-9557.