Barbara “Bobbie” Loujuana Woods Herlitz, 89, of Liberty passed away
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Bobbie was born
February 15, 1930 in Beaumont, Texas to parents Wilber Glenn Woods and
Loda Marie Harrington Woods Mansfield.
Graveside service for
Ms. Herlitz will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 16, 2020 at the Mount
Pleasant Cemetery in Montgomery County. The family will receive friends
5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Saturday, February 15, 2020 at Pace-Stancil
Funeral Home in Dayton.
Bobbie
spent her early years in Liberty and graduated from Liberty High School
in 1946. She continued her education at the University of Texas in
Austin receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1951. Bobbie
later attended Sam Houston State University and attained a Master of
Library Science in 1986. Through the years she worked for Dayton ISD,
Abilene Public Schools, South Park ISD in Beaumont, and Anahuac ISD.
She
was former vice president of the Franklin Hardin Chapter of the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas. She was Regent of the Trinity Bay
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and member of the
Libertad Chapter. Bobbie was a charter member and former vice-president
of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Thomas Jefferson Chambers Chapter.
She was also active in Delta Kappa Gamma, Coterie Club, Liberty County
Senior Line Dancers, and Dayton Garden Club.
Bobbie was preceded in
death by her parents, her daughter, Karin Suzanne Brown; brothers, Judge
W.G. “Dub” Woods, Jr. and Frank Edward “Popdeck” Woods; sister, Norma
“Beanie” Rowland. She is survived by her son, Don Anders Herlitz of
Liberty; grandchild, Travis Kirtland “Kirt” Brown and wife, Lauren of
Grandbury, Texas; great-grandchild, Caroline Elizabeth Brown;
sister-in-law, Dr. Molly Rambo Woods, numerous other relatives and
friends.
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