Patricia Ann Adams, best known as Bobbie, died December 18, 2020. She devoted her beautiful 93 years of life to her family and friends and even those she didn’t know.
Her life spanned WW II where her husband, Dayne, fought; the Depression years, growing up in Rolla, Mo; building her home and life in Houston, El Paso, and Austin, Texas.
Bobbie was a life master duplicate bridge player. This was a highlight of her life and gave her great joy. She loved going to Effie’s and always held her bridge challengers dear to heart. She partnered with her daughter in opening an interesting and fun dancewear shop, The Hitchkick, in El Paso, Texas. She was president & founder of Lee-Ann Oil Company which she shared duties with her daughter and granddaughter.
She studied art at the University of Texas at El Paso. She painted many great and large paintings. She knitted hundreds of hats and scarves for our country’s Merchant Marines. She was an avid reader and could navigate most places in the world while traveling just from reading her books. She loved traveling. She and her husband, Dayne, took many trips to many places. They loved adventures. She shared these trips with her daughter and granddaughter after her husband died. She was a gardener and loved nature. She never disturbed a plant natural to her land. She kept her garden as long as she could. She loved the deer and fed them daily. They in turn had their fawns near her home. She was a seamstress sewing all of her daughter’s school clothes and performance tutus, all kinds of window coverings, tablecloths, and she was a true natural talent. She was a great cook and could even create a great meal with almost nothing. She was an adopted grandmother to the little children in her neighborhood, esp. Jacob, Jess, Morgan, and later Adam. Her caregivers at Arden Court of Austin also adopted her as their grandmother. They provided her a home and became her family.
Graveside service is set for ten Monday morning, January 4th, at Patoka City Cemetery. She loved children and always supported Boys Town of Amarillo, Texas, St. Jude’s Hospital, and Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. Instead of flowers contributions to these charities in Bobbie’s name would be treasured.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Dayne E. Adams; her son, Brian Lewis; her dear mother, Melba Irene Smith Castleman; her beloved grandson, E. Calvin Fisher; and all of her precious brothers, Don, David, Jerry, and Charles Smith. Her great high school friend, Wallace Woolley, also preceded her in death. They found each other later in their lives and had some great adventures together.
Those missing and morning her and still here on earth are her daughter, Martha Lee Adams; her sweet granddaughter, Salli Lee-Ann Fisher, better known as “Summer” and her nieces and nephews, Cheryl Pelate, Patti Hogan, Kim Smith Lurtz, Jeff Smith, Sarah LeClaire, Jessica Smith, Melba Tolliver, Charles Smith, Cecil Smith, Karen Urtebee and their families and all that lost track of her over the many years. She thought of all of them and always spoke lovingly of them. Bobbie loved all of her Jolliff family. Her heart filled with pride for the birth and naming of Dane Jolliff after her husband. She always held Art and Elenor Easten and their family close to her heart. Her friends and neighbors of many years who always helped her and especially during her last years: Souad Noir who stayed with her and cooked for her every day, Jeff Felton who came to visit, help and fix things in her home, Natalie Mahoney and the Nichols who remembered her birthday every year, Ramon “Juan”, Laura, Angela, and Lorena who helped keep her home and gardens beautiful. And so many more. They were each valued and dearly loved by Bobbie.
