Barbara Ann Maupin

Barbara Ann Maupin, age 86, was called home by her Lord peacefully in her sleep at home on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and friend. Barbara Ann Ash was born on March 22, 1934 to Nat and Helen Ash in Dallas, Texas. Her family attended Cockrell Hill Baptist Church and Barbara trusted Jesus as her Savior at summer camp beneath the big cross at the overlook at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Camp. As an only child of working parents, she grew up to be confident, poised, quick-witted, and a hard worker. She worked in her parents’ cafe before and after school and graduated from Sunset High School. She was a beautiful, petite young lady and did some modeling for Neiman Marcus. She was accepted to Braniff's Stewardess Training School prior to deciding to get married. Barbara became an excellent secretary and enjoyed working for the AAA, especially when the players for the Dallas Cowboys walked past her desk to reach the Cowboys Office located in the back of her building in those days. Later, she would meet the love of her life, Bob Maupin, at Temco Aircraft Co. where both worked. They married on December 1, 1956. Together, they welcomed and raised two daughters. Raising Nancy and Patti with Bob was the pride of Barbara’s life – creating a home full of love, comfort, and lasting memories. She was the support and encourager as each family member explored a variety of interests in school, church, work, and play - fishing, camping, swimming, school musicals, sewing, piano lessons, baking, and general homemaking. She was President of the Bishop Lynch High School PTA when their daughters attended there. When Bob retired from UTL in 1993, he and Barbara moved to their dream home in Frankston, Texas, where they enjoyed looking out over Lake Palestine each morning for sunrise coffee. They became actively involved in their church, Frankston United Methodist Church. At the lake, they were frequent hosts of holiday parties with family and friends. She loved to laugh, listen to music, feed and watch birds, go fishing on the White River in Arkansas and vacation in Europe and Alaska. She could carry on a conversation with just about anyone she met. Barbara is survived by her husband, Bob; daughters, Nancy Bates and son-in-law Michael, Patricia Riggs and son-in-law Robert; five grandsons Ian, Aaron, Benjamin, Brian, and Peter; her sister-in-law, Mary Duncan and husband Sammy; her niece, Dina; nephew, Clint, and wife Evelyn; great-niece and nephew, Fiona and Oliver; and cousins, Brooks Harkey, Linda Shaw, and Suzanne Mills. Services for Barbara will be held on May 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy. in Tyler, with Dr. Matt Thomas officiating. Burial will follow at the Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery. No flowers please. Instead, make a donation in Barbara's name to: Samaritan's Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone NC 28607 or your favorite charity. Update of COVID-19 safety precautions: Stewart Family Funeral Home encourages but does not require face masks to be worn inside the funeral home. We continue to require social distancing and proper hand sanitizing. Services are limited to 100 people.

Barbara Ann Maupin

March 22, 1934 - May 12, 2020