In Memory

Judy Simpson (Wofford)

JUDY JANELLE SIMPSON WOFFORD 67, OF LOCKNEY, PASSED AWAY AUG 2, 2012 IN LUBBOCK.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10 A.M. SAT. AUG 4, AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN LOCKNEY WITH PASTOR JONATHAN SULLIVAN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN PLAINVIEW MEMORIAL PARK. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY MOORE-ROSE-WHITE FUNERAL HOME IN LOCKNEY. JUDY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PLAINVIEW WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM PLAINVIEW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963. SHE MARRIED JERRY LYNN WOFFORD IN 1977, AND THEY HAVE LIVED IN LOCKNEY UNTIL THE PRESENT. SHE REVELED IN HER ROLE AS A WIFE AND MOTHER, WHO LOVED HER FAMILY WITH ALL HER HEART. JUDY WAS A CLASSIC MATRIARCHAL FIGURE WHO WAS TRULY THE ROCK OF HER FAMILY. HER COOKING WAS LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S. SHE COOKED THE "GOOD STUFF". HER FAMILY HAS MANY FOND MEMORIES OF FAMILY TIMES SHARED IN HER DINING ROOM. SHE ALSO BLESSED MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN HER MINISTRY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT LOCKNEY. SHE RAN THE CHURCH KITCHEN AND OVERSAW THE PREPARATION OF COUNTLESS MEALS. WHEN SHE WASN'T COOKING, SHE ALSO ENJOYED FISHING. JUDY WAS THE TYPE OF LADY THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE INSIDE OUT. AN OUTSTANDING SENSE OF HUMOR HELPED HER ALWAYS SEE THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE. SHE WAS A VERY STRONG LADY WHO NEVER GAVE IN TO THE PHYSICAL AILMENTS BY WHICH SHE WAS PLAGUED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE WAS TRULY AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WITH WHOM SHE CAME IN CONTACT. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, JERRY LYNN WOFFORD OF LOCKNEY; TWO DAUGHTERS, KAREN WOFFORD OF SAN ANTONIO AND KRISTA WOFFORD OF AMARILLO; TWO SONS, ROBERT WOFFORD AND HIS WIFE KIM OF AMARILLO, AND JACK REED AND WIFE SHELLET OF BROWNWOOD; AND A SISTER, FERN BRENHAM OF RICHARDSON. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY SUGGESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE KITCHEN FUND, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LOCKNEY.