Mary Pauline Hubley

Services for Mary Pauline Hubley, 95, of Tyler, will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. Gus Tharappel officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Hubley passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 in Tyler. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:00 PM and rosary will begin at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy., in Tyler. Mary Pauline Carter Hubley was born in Dallas, Texas, October 20, 1921 to Clyde Daniel Carter and Birdie Flora Jetton Carter. She graduated from North Dallas High School and soon after began modeling in Dallas. In the 1940’s she modeled at the original downtown Neiman Marcus. During World War II, she went to work at Valley Steel Products Co. in Houston, Texas. It was in Houston where she met Grover C. Hubley, who was on duty in Bastrop, Texas doing flat land training for 10th Mountain Division getting ready to go into Northern Italy. They met at the USO club and that was the beginning. After a six month courtship they later married. They later moved to New Orleans while he was attending law school after the war was over. After graduating from law school, Grover joined Humble Oil & Refining Company and they moved to Tyler, Texas. They later moved to Midland, Texas and then back to Tyler where they retired. During retirement they made a lot of wonderful trips and some with their closest friends. They were married 67 years until his death in 2011. Pauline was devoted to her husband and four children all her life and called them “her jewels’. She was a wonderful and creative cook, talented seamstress, avid gardener and a devout Catholic. After the children were gone, she was a self taught artist, loved dominos and also learned to play the piano and organ. She has been an active member of the East Texas Petroleum Auxiliary since the 1950s. She was also an active member of St. Gregory’s Catholic School Mother’s Club, where all her children attended elementary school She was an avid horseracing fan and an amazing handicapper. She was unusually lucky and almost always brought home large winnings. She thoroughly enjoyed bass and crappie fishing at their lake house. Pauline was a very devoted friend, with a quick wit and keen sense of perception into people and horses. . She outlived her two sisters and three brothers and was the darling of her husband and four children and grandchildren. She was truly the matriarch of her family and will be forever missed. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 2011, her mother and father and her five siblings. She is survived by her four children and spouses, Paula Hubley Powell and Vaughn Powell, Dr. Grover C. and Janet Hubley, Jim and Debby Hubley and Scott and Debbie Hubley Ozanus. Also survived by grandchildren, Holly and Todd Labovitz, Craig and Elizabeth Powell, Kelly Hubley, Trey and Beth Hubley, Matt and Ninfa Hubley, Luke and Maria Hubley, Karen and Danny Wilkerson, Tiffiny Spillman, Meredith Hubley, Abby Hubley, Lauren Ozanus, Collin Ozanus, Lyndsey Ozanus and Carter Ozanus and 12 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Also survived by special lifelong friend, Millie Houston and wonderful caregivers, Clarrissa Young, Sandra Jones and Teresa Tucker. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Craig Powell, Vaughn Powell II, Luke Hubley, Collin Ozanus, Carter Ozanus, Danny Wilkerson and Cole Wilkerson and Jack Adam. Honorary Pallbearers will be Edmund Schaded, Larry Long, Mike Sewell and Mike Kelly. If desired, memorials can be made to Ninja Paws Rescue, P.O. Box 24837, Fort Worth, Texas 76124 or by PayPal: Info@ninjapaws.xyz.

Mary Pauline Hubley

October 20, 1921 - April 28, 2017