Kristina Kelly Waldrop

Kristina Kelly Waldrop passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, April 4, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with cancer; she was 50 years old. Kristina was born November 10, 1963 to Cal and Diane Kelly in Longview, Texas. As the daughter of a Methodist minister, she lived in many East Texas towns during her childhood including Union Ridge, Pine Hill, Diana, Teneha, East Houston, Orange, China, and Daisetta. She was a 1982 graduate of Hull-Daisetta High School and attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, where she was a member of the Lon Morris Chapel Choir. Kristina married Timothy Kyle Waldrop of Tyler, Texas on March 7, 1987.

Kristina was an avid traveler and hostess, and served as a role model of courage and adventure for the numerous friends she made over the years. Her hospitality, southern charm, and exuberance for living will be greatly missed by all.

Kristina is preceded in death by her father Reverend Cal Kelly, grandparents E.C. and Hazel Irene (Lovie) Daigle and Edgar and Louise Kelly, all of Beaumont, uncle Ed Kelly of Ruston, Louisiana, and cousin Mike Kelly of Austin, Texas. Kristina is survived by her husband Tim of Tomball, daughters Lauren Elaine Waldrop of El Paso and Lizabeth Anne Waldrop of Tomball, mother Diane Daigle Kelly of Cedar Park, sister Elaine Kelly-Diaz of Leander, niece Hayli Grace Salinas, also of Leander, uncles Allen Daigle and James Kelly, cousins Ron Kelly, Kathy Kelly, and Michelle Bartholomew, and a host of very special friends.

Memorial services will be at 2:00 pm Monday, April 14, 2014, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Interment will be 11:00 am Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont, Texas. A gathering of family and friends will be from 4:00-6:00 pm on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Cook Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home in Austin, Texas.

Memorials may be made in Kristina’s name to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, or the American Diabetes Association.

“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live” – Victor Hugo

Arrangements are under the direction of Brookside Champions Funeral Home in Houston, Texas: www.brooksidechampions.com