"Meme" was born in April of 1930 in Elk City, Oklahoma. She finished high school at Goodman, Missouri, then attended Southwest Missouri State College at Springfield, where she was a member of the women’s volleyball team and studied to be a teacher. After her family moved to Idalou, Texas , she attended Texas School of Technology, known now as Texas Tech University, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. She taught school in Midland, Whiteface, Morton, and Lubbock.
On March 10, 1953, she married Herbert Latham Cadenhead of Morton, in Clovis New Mexico. She lived many years in Morton, Lubbock, and lastly in Houston where she passed away after being hospitalized in Tomball Regional Medical Center. Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her family and she treasured every moment.
Those left to honor and cherish her memory are her four children, Sherri Fisk of Lubbock, Mary Furgeson, and husband Johnny, of Lubbock, Susan Buege and husband Gary, of Houston, and William “Uncle Bill” and wife, Heather of San Antonio, ten grandchildren, Clint and Cade (deceased) Fisk of Lubbock, Anthony Furgeson, and wife Traci, of Shallowater, and Sarah McCarthy, and husband Scott, of Austin, Jackie and Garrett Buege of Houston, Carter, Jackson, Joy, and Caroline Cadenhead of San Antonio, and two great grandchildren, Landri and Thatcher Furgeson of Shallowater.
She was preceded in death by her husband, “Hub”Cadenhead of Morton, three brothers, Jim Jackson of Plano, Dale Jackson of Shallowater, and Randy Jackson of Levelland. Her parents were Theodore Roosevelt Jackson and Jennie Mae Jackson of Idalou and Lubbock.
The family suggest memorials to Lubbock Meals on Wheels. Condolences may be offered at www.resthavenfuneralhome.com.
