Jean Andrews

I had the very good fortune of meeting Jean in 1995, and have loved her ever since. I'm extremely proud of the fact that I had a significant part in starting the Order of the Oosiks, a large group of men in various creative endeavors that met at Jean's house a few times per year. She will always be an inspiration to many of us who want to live our lives as fully as possible. I have two of Jean's pieces up on my wall that I cherish however, it's the hundreds of fantastic memories and the...

I met Jean at several conferences and thoroughly enjoyed her information on peppers. I appreciated the history she taught me and loved her books. I will cherish the signed copies I have.

I think she would have gotten a chuckle out of the fact that all my grand children call me "Pepper" because much of what I prepared burned their lips. I love that "grandma name".

Barbara Porsch
Midland TX

Long time ago when Jean and family lived in Snyder, I baby-sat Robin and Jinxie. One year Jean made my prom dress (blue flower print with a blue ribbon at the waist - and NO chiffon). When the time came to take the SAT exam, Jean offered to drive me me up to Lubbock and we would stay overnight in a hotel so my parents wouldn't have to get up at 4:00 AM for the drive to Tech. Jean shopped while I was in the exam and I felt very grown up. Years later I signed up for a life-drawing class at...

Jean and I met in 1977 and were friends from then on. I became a widow in 1994 and so we sstarted traveling together, for she was very deaf and needed a companion on trips. We were perfect...she couldn't hear me snore and I had a carrying voice so she could hear me when I would repeat all the instructions, etc., on the trips. We travelled to Antarctica and Easter Island, Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Chile, and Patagonia. I had lived in Saudi and Kuwait for 10 years, so it was fun getting to...

Jean was a stalwart supporter of the Women's Studies program at UT in its early days. She was a role model and pioneer who was both wonderfully kind and wildly outrageous. We'll miss her.

Betty Sue Flowers

Jean was a lifelong family friend, having grown up with my Dad's first cousins in Kingsville, where I was born in 1953. She was a dear friend and an unforgettable character who always captivated me with lengthy tours of her collection of collections and the tales of her travels. "Here's your li'l ol' frien' ag'in..." began her Christmas cards each year, "....lookin' like a damn ol' penguin" it read following her trip to Antarctica for which she'd made a black and white outfit for her...

the night-blooming cereus: i also saw it one evening, along with eva and peter riley, after an evening at UT. jean's excitement was contagious, her enthusiasm as real at 86 as i can only imagine it was at 6 or 16. she taught just by living and too often we could only live vicariously thru her, but we did, as it was not a brush with greatness, as the saying goes, but a brush with art and history and living life to the fullest. towards the end she doubted how many she touched or influenced, but...

We'll miss you Dr Jean

I had the pleasure of being Jean's next door neighbor for many, many years. She was incredible! Always interesting, and never dull. Once she woke me at 3:00 am to view an exotic plant that only blooms once and in the middle of the night. I learned much from Jean. Our family sends our sympathy to Robin. Marilyn Aboussie and the Hay family