Bobbie Ruth Underwood Shott, 81, of League City was called home by our Savior on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren. Bobbie was born in Lueders, Texas on August 6, 1938 to the late Dallas Underwood and Mattie Ruth (Lemons) Underwood.
Bobbie was born near the end of the Great Depression, in the modest home of their family farm in Lueders. The oldest of five children, and no stranger to meager times, Bobbie began her legacy of caring for her young siblings and family and hard work on the farm. She met her true love working in the fields of that farm. Melvin Shott of Winters, Texas was a hired hand for the summer when their romance began flirting with one another over rows of cotton. They were married in 1955 in Lueders, Texas where they started their family with three daughters. The family would move to Houston in the late 60’s where they remained, to raise their daughters Belinda, Rhonda and Cynthia. Bobbie and Melvin were married for 50 years until Melvin’s death in 2005. Bobbie worked for the Port of Houston Authority until she retired. She was a second Mother to many of her daughter’s friends and never stopped loving, caring for and nurturing children. She was an amazing Southern cook, she loved to dance, sew and craft but mostly she loved the babies.
Bobbie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Melvin, and her brother Raymond Underwood. Her loving family left to cherish her memory are her sisters, Laverne Chisum (Kenneth) of Brownwood, Reba Cheyne of Haskell, and her brother Dallas (Cookie) (Vicki) Underwood of Hawley, her devoted daughters Belinda Kennedy (David) of League City, Rhonda Shott Rosales (Boone) of Richmond and Cindy Krauss (Kevin) of League City, her five grandchildren, five step grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, one step great granddaughter, and numerous loving in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews, as well as a host of life-long friends. She is known as “Nana” to most and will forever live in our hearts.
Services to be held at Forest Park East Funeral Home at 21620 Gulf Freeway Webster, Texas 77598 on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 2:00PM. Visitation at the same location, Saturday October 19,2019 from 5:00PM-7:00PM.
