Lucie Acker Rothschild

January 8, 1932 - August 5, 2020

Services for Lucie Acker Rothschild, 88, of Tyler, Texas, will be held on Tuesday, August 11th, at 2 p.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Cody Moore officiating. No graveside service to be held. Lucie passed away Wednesday, August 5th at Providence Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 8, 1932 in Ennis , Texas to Langley Denton Stanford and Gladys Murrell Roberts Stanford. Lucie was a member of First Baptist Church and Radio Bible Class of Tyler. She was a soloist, pianist and organist at area churches. She graduated from Tyler High, Tyler Junior College, St. Louis Institute of Music and Stephen F. Austin University with a Masters Degree in Education. She taught Music at Van ISD, Special Education at Chapel Hill ISD and finished her 27 year teaching career at Tyler ISD. She was a member of the Association of Texas Professional Educators, Texas Classroom Teacher Association, Tyler Classroom Teacher Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Iota Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was Teacher of the Year at Stewart Middle School in 1989. Her hobbies included camping and needlework. Lucie was preceded in death by her husband David Rothschild in 2017, her first husband Frank Acker in 1990 and her parents. She is survived by her sons, Dale Acker (Judy) and Bruce Acker; her daughters, Mary Jane Moore and Carla McRee (Monty) all of Tyler; 14 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was loved by her special caregivers, Shanetha Kennedy and Kathy Robinson that are now considered family. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. If desired, memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.