Jane McCulley

Jane McCulley FLOYDADA - Jane Bowling McCulley, 84, of Floydada, joined her Lord on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Lubbock. Memorial services were at 1 p.m. today, Oct. 28, 2009, at First Baptist Church with Pastor Don Dawes officiating. Private burial was in Floyd County Memorial Park under the direction of Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Floydada. Jane Bowling was born Sept. 7, 1925, in Bristow, Okla., to Joseph Elbert Bowling and Christie Carrie Spoon Bowling. She attended Bristow public schools and later attended Oklahoma Baptist University where she earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education. Jane was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi honorary education fraternity. She was a teacher, homemaker and a dental office manager. She married Andrew G. McCulley on April 22, 1951, in Bristow. They moved to Floydada in 1954 from Amherst, Texas. The couple was blessed with three children, David Alan, Nan Ellen and Laura. She was an active member of First Baptist Church. Jane had a passion for travel and music, singing and playing the piano and organ. She toured with and loved performing with the "Singing Women of West Texas" and "Proclaim." She appreciated the arts and had leadership roles in Great Books Studies and Plainview Community Concerts. She was honored with the Girl Scout Woman of Distinction Award. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Andrew G. McCulley. Jane is survived by a son, David Alan McCulley and his wife, Connie, of Lubbock; two daughters, Nan Ellen Shirley of Ohio and Laura McCulley Morris and her husband, S. Smith Morris, of San Antonio; a sister, Norma B. Pasqualino of New York; two sisters-in-law, Mary Ruth McCulley of Amarillo and Geneva McCulley of California; grandchildren, Jim McCulley and his wife, Leslie, of Denver, Joe McCulley of Austin, Brent Shirley of Ohio and Jennifer Marie McCulley Morris of San Antonio; and great-grandchildren, Addison and Ayden McCulley of Denver. Her family suggests memorials in Jane McCulley's name be made to Dr. Andrew & Jane McCulley Memorial Fund, 401 S. Main, Floydada, TX 79235.