Born September 13, 1950 in Lawton, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Nora Nettles Wesson and the late Thomas Euel Wesson both of Harker Heights, Texas and formerly of Temple, Texas. Ann was raised a US Army dependent and traveled the world in her youth living in Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsylvania, Italy and Germany. She was a 1968 graduate of Würzburg American High School in Würzburg, Germany.
She attended Texas Christian University where she was a member of Chi Omega and graduated with a degree in Home Economics in 1972. She worked as a nutritionist with Texas Power & Light in Mineral Wells, Texas upon graduation. She married the late David Alan Shrewsbury, Major, US Army, Retired, on August 30, 1975. She and David welcomed a son, Benton Wesson Shrewsbury, in 1978 and Ann served as a proud homemaker and dedicated US Army spouse until David retired from the service in 1992. Their military family career saw the family stationed in Texas, Georgia, West Virginia, and Germany.
Making their home in Harker Heights, Texas at the end of David’s US Army career, Ann began substitute teaching in the Killeen Independent School District in the early 1990s. She embraced a passion for mentoring and developing young people by accepting a fulltime role at Killeen High School as a Family & Consumer Sciences educator in 1998. She spent 18 years at Killeen High School – where she was a much loved, celebrated and decorated educator – retiring in 2016.
Surviving Ann are her son, Benton Wesson Shrewsbury; daughter-in-law, Melissa Webb Shrewsbury; granddaughter, Nora Margaret Shrewsbury; granddaughter, Eliza Susanne Shrewsbury; grandson, Webb Davis Shrewsbury, all of Dallas, Texas; and nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
Funeral services will be held March 27, 2023 at the Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home Chapel, Killeen, Texas, at 3:00 PM followed by a private burial.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.crawfordbowersfuneralhome.com for the Shrewsbury family.
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