Bobbie Lurenda Stengler Best

1940 ∼ 2016

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75 of Daisetta, Texas died on Wednesday July 20, 2016 at U.T.M.B. Hospital in Galveston.

A service of remembrance will be held on Saturday July 23, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at First Baptist Church of Daisetta, with Reverend Lee Gruver and Reverend Shawn Vickers officiating. Interment will follow at Oakdale Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers are Lynn Fregia, Randy Fregia, Fred Marberry, John Slack, Burke Dagle, and Eric Thaxton. Honorary pallbearers are her grandchildren.

There will be a gathering of family and friends on Friday July 22, 2016 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church of Daisetta.

She was preceded in death by her parents, V.I. Stengler and Commeler Fregia. Brother, Ira Jack Stengler. Survivors include daughters, Denise May of Daisetta, and Deborah Hajovsky of San Angelo, TX; and sister, Thora Hightower of Coldspring TX.

Grandchildren are James May Jr, Marcus May, Aaron Hajovsky and wife Casey, Emily Hajovsky, and Valentin Hajovsky, and great grandson, Kaden Hajovsky, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A native of Cleveland, TX, she had lived in Daisetta, most of her life and was a retired High School Teacher with 37 years from Hull-Daisetta I.S.D. retiring in 2000. She also served as secretary at First Baptist Church of Daisetta, for many years where she also attended. Her hobbies included reading, grandchildren, and church work.

She graduated from Hull-Daisetta High School in 1959 as valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, in 1963 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a teaching certificate. Additional graduate studies Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX, Lee College of Baytown, TX. Taught at Anahuac High School for 1 year.

Her membership and awards include; Texas Association of Retired Teachers, Texas State Teachers Association life member, Delta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher Society, Alpha Delta Kappa Teacher Sorority, Who's Who Among American High School Teachers, 2003. Citizen of the Year Mayhaw Festival, University of Texas Excellence Award for High School Teachers, Loyal Bobcat Award, FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer Award, FFA VIP Award. Charter Member and later Sponsor of Hull-Daisetta High School National Beta Honor Society and Coordinator for halftime Homecoming Activities for Hull-Daisetta High School for 30 years.

Those wishing to make memorial contributions in memory of Bobbie Best may be made to The First Baptist Church Building Fund 516 Main. Daisetta, TX 77533.

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Shelly Holder (Musselwhite) & Family July 22, 2016

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Vickie Riley July 22, 2016

Bobbie Best was my daughter Christa's typing teacher in high school. Christa adored her. That is how I came to know her. Over the years we became friends. She never saw me that she. didn't ask about Christa and my family. She prayed for us when we found our grand daughter had cancer, and when we lost KatieT cried for us and prayed. She was one of the most genuine Christians I ever have known. She was a special lady and I too will carry memories of her forever in my heart. I will miss seeing her.She and I often visited in RJ's or the post office. She will be missed by many.

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Marcie Alford July 21, 2016

Bobbie Lu Best will forever be etched in my memory. As a child, I recall attending her wedding. Then she was my high school typing teacher and yearbook sponsor. She loved her students. I rarely staple two pieces of paper together without thinking of her instructing us on the 'proper' way. She was a role model teacher. I can remember her two daughters arriving in the classroom after riding on the bus from the elementary campus. Time flies but memories are forever. She taught me, my husband and our two children. What a legacy. You did it right or you didn't do it. Students wanted to please her. Later, I became a teacher and she had such an impression on me that I relied on her techniques in my own classroom. I later taught in our alma mater when her own grandsons were in high school. She was my sorority sister in Alpha Delta Kappa, my teacher, my mentor and my friend. She will live on in the hearts of so many. Bobbie Lu was the Best!