Gloria Bramlette Labatt

She was born in Ft. Worth on January 5, 1922, the daughter of Frederick Levenworth Bramlette and Grace Jones Bramlette.

She graduated from Alamo Heights High School. She attended Agnes Scott College, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas, where she also earned an M.A. in English with Professor Henry Nash Smith. She taught speech at Alamo Heights and English at Trinity University.

In 1946 she married Blair Plowman Labatt, to whom she was married for 52 years, until his death in 2000. She was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church, where like her own mother before her she served both as President of the Women of the Church and as a Ruling Elder.

She also served on the board of the Community Guidance Center, and was Chair of the ecumenical project Trick or Treat for UNICEF. She was Chairman of the Board of the Sunshine Cottage. She participated in numerous activities of the Junior League, including visits to elementary schools to prepare the children for upcoming field trips to hear the San Antonio Symphony. She was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Alamo Heights School District, where she was a strong voice for excellence.

She was one of the founders of the Trinity University Associates, and she served as a Trustee and Trustee Emerita of Trinity University for thirty-five years. She belonged to many clubs and associations, including Pi Beta Phi, the Fenwick Club, the Timely Topics, the Forum, the Argyle Club, the Assembly, the Pilon Club, and the San Antonio Country Club.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother, Frederick Erskine Bramlette.

She is survived by her four children and their spouses: Blair Plowman Labatt Jr. and Barbara; Grace Bramlette Labatt and Robert Swartz; Joseph Bramlette Labatt and Carolyn; and Frederick Bramlette Labatt and Raven. She has eight grandchildren: Annie Montgomery Labatt, Blair Plowman Labatt III, and Grace Bramlette Labatt; Roxana Gage Labatt, Camilla Bramlette Labatt, and Joseph Gage Labatt; Bramlette Margaret Labatt and Frederick Bramlette Labatt Jr. The family would like to thank Marcella Jimenez and the staff of Caring Nannies for their special help in the last few months.

Burial will be by private ceremony on Tuesday, June 1, 2010.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

TUESDAY

JUNE 1, 2010

10:00 A.M.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

404 NORTH ALAMO

Rev. Jim Capps and Rev. Raymond Judd officiating.

In lieu of flowers memorials in her name may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church.