Emma Lee Bickley

ROBERT LEE ~ Emma Lee Bickley, 83, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 5, 2013. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Sunday April 7, 2013 with the family present to receive visitors from 5p.m.-7p.m. Funeral services will be at 10:00a.m., April 8, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church of Robert Lee officiated by Reverend Cyndi Weidner. Burial will follow in the Robert Lee Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home. Emma Lee was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico on October 2, 1929 to Ed and Leona (Ingram) Thomas. She met the love of her life, Jimmy Bickley, on a blind date set up by Jimmy's sister in law. They were married on October 10, 1953 and shared fifty-nine wonderful years of marriage. Emma Lee was a very devoted wife and mother. She supported her husband in his job as school superintendent of the RLISD for twenty-three years, worked in the school cafeteria and above all was a homemaker. Emma Lee was a wonderful cook and her children, friends and just about everyone in Robert Lee will always remember her for the delicious Christmas candy she made every year. Her daughters and grandchildren were her pride and joy. She never missed an activity they participated in and was there for them any time she was needed. She was a woman of strong faith and she loved her Lord. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Robert Lee and was very active in the United Methodist Women. Her loving ways will be greatly missed by all those whose lives she touched. She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Rosco Thomas. Emma Lee is survived by her husband, Jimmy Bickley of Robert Lee; daughters, Elizabeth Barron and husband Armando of Midland, Stella Wilber and husband Johnny of Greenwood and Martha Benedict and husband Scott of Midland; her sister, Mary Jones of Big Spring; and grandchildren, Weston Wilber of Greenwood and Tyler and Jake Benedict of Midland. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

SAFFER FUNERAL HOME 325-453-2424