Name: Visitation for Mildred Forbes Stegall
Start: 2014-05-22T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-05-23T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Morrison Funeral Home Inc

Mildred Forbes Stegall, 105, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014, in Fort Worth. Graveside service: 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, in the Gazebo in Pioneer Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Morrison Funeral Home in Graham. Memorials: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, Texas 78739. Mildred was born June 11, 1908, in Stranger, Falls County. After graduating from Baylor, she taught school including Eliasville and Archer City. She was married to Glynn Stegall in 1933, and they worked for Congressman W.D. McFarlane in Washington, D.C. Her next employment was with Stewart Symington with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mildred's husband, Glynn, worked for Sen. Lyndon Johnson and when LBJ became Senate majority leader in 1956, Johnson hired Mildred to be his secretary. She continued to work for Johnson as a secretary when he was vice president and president. Glynn preceded Mildred in death in 1963. In 1964 Mildred was promoted to assistant to the president and handled matters involving the FBI. Mildred returned to Austin on Jan. 20, 1969, on Air Force One, and worked for the LBJ Library and Museum until Johnson's death in 1973. She handled Lady Bird Johnson's accounts for 16 years after that. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glynn Stegall; parents, Robert Forbes and Jessie Snead Forbes; and sisters, Frances and Roberta Forbes. Survivors: Nieces, Wanda Balch, Carol Bentely and Betty Hurley, all of Fort Worth, and Wendy Stegall of Fairfield, Iowa; nephews, Allen McCleskey of Graham and Pete Stegall of Sacramento, Calif.; and several great-nephews and great-nieces.

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Published by Star-Telegram on May 21, 2014.

Memories and Condolences
for Mildred Stegall

7 Entries

Janet McMurray

May 12, 2021

I would be more than happy to add to my previous comments. Working for LBJ as a young college student is a high light in my life, and Glenn & Mildred were so kind and helpful to me. A lovely couple that attended my wedding to Thomas Clyde McMurray on July 22, 1961 at the University of Maryland Chapel. She was a very sweet and dedicated lady.
Janet McMurray, Bowie, TX

Jeray Morris

February 5, 2020

To you Mrs. Stegall I thank you for the opportunity to serve you in your latter days. You were a true jewel and I know you are at peace. To the family you are in my prayers and her memories live on.

Gratefully,
Jeray J. Morris CNA
Jay

Janet Gough McMurray

May 25, 2014

I had the fortune of working with Mildred and Glenn in the Senate office of LBJ in D.C.in the late 50's & early 60's. To me they were the sweetest couple and our staff was one big happy family.Dorothy Torito and I, as her assistant, began filtering through old letters and papers which eventually was the beginning of the LBJ Library in Austin. I left the staff to continue my education at TCU & to marry my husgand Clyde. Mildred was a lovely lady. May she rest in peace. Janet Gough McMurray

Mary Lou Dunlap Katchen

May 22, 2014

To Mildred's Family: Marlin is my hometown, and Frances was my second grade teacher (although I was never allowed to call her "Frances"). She and my mom, Louise Dunlap, taught 2nd grade together for decades. I remember Miss Jessie, Mildred, Roberta, and the Sneads from my earliest memories because my sister, Diane, and I spent so much time "out on the farm" with Miss Forbes and the turkeys, cows, and horses. Mildred and Glenn were very close friends of my aunt and uncle, Dr. J. Lloyd and Mayme Read, San Marcos. When Diane graduated from HS in 1960, she and Auntie took a trip up the east coast and stopped in DC to visit the Stegalls. Mildred gave them a personal tour of the White House and Diane the thrill of sitting in JFK's chair in the Oval Office! I wrote Mildred after we moved to San Marcos (she was still in Austin) and received such a sweet note in return. I was so sad to read of her death -- what a long and powerful life she lived!

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Sheila Muratalla

May 22, 2014

Allen,

I am so sorry to hear of Mildred's passing. The time I spent with her, caring for her, were one of the best times in my life. One afternoon I was laughing about something, she looked at me and decided that she would join me. She did not even know why I was laughing so hard, but decided that she too would laugh. Mildred was a women who loved life and everything in it. I felt privelaged and honored to have been her caregiver. Working with her was one of the reasons I decided to become a nurse. She will forever live in my memory.

My sincerest condolences,

Sheila Muratalla

Jonthy Williams

May 21, 2014

Mildred was a member of my mom's Business Women's Sunday School class at First Baptist Church in Austin after she retired. She later took excellent care of her ailing sister which kept her from church. My mom and I visited her one Christmas to deliver a poinsettia. When she Mildred invited us in, we realized that she had 8 or 9 poinsettias already delivered by other friends and family. I am impressed at the life she lived. I'm sure your family is proud of her history with the President and First Lady.

May 18, 2014

I am sorry for your loss. Mildred was a very special lady, and an important part of my family for many years. I will make a donation to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Fund in her memory. Robin Chaney

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