Annie "Ann" Gertrude Sloan Andrews, 99, passed away on July 2, 2018. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Navarro County.
Ann was born in Martins Mill, Texas, to the late Harvey and Peggy Sloan, and was the oldest of seven children. She was a survivor and came close to death several times her early years. As a teenager, she contracted typhoid fever. This was quite a scare for her family since not many folks survived this disease at the time. She also got a snake bite that was pretty serious as a youth.
Anne stayed busy as a young adult helping her mother raise her siblings. She met Grover Haze Andrews, better known as "Jinks", and they were married on December 23, 1939. After marrying, they moved to Houston where they started their family. They later moved to Corsicana and they began to farm and ranch and raise their family. They were married for 72 years and created a legacy of life, love, and perseverance through hardship while teaching their children the importance of family. They balanced each other perfectly and gave their family a perfect example of unconditional love.
Ann was great at doing anything that needed to be done. Her talents were many. She was a great ranch hand and a carpenter's helper for Jinks, all while maintaining her role as a devoted wife and mother. She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for her family. Her whole wheat pancakes were a favorite for all her kids and grandkids for four generations.
Ann loved to sew and made quilts for all her grandkids. Ann was also a great bridge player and shared her love for the game of bridge with her family and friends. She loved to read and continued to read all the classics well into her 90s. Her favorite book was the Bible, and she used her iPad to read it in large print as she aged. Her favorite verse was Philippians 4:11-14, a verse about being content...and that is the way she lived her life - full of contentment, trust in God, and prayer for those she loved. Her faith was a testament to those she loved and she wrote in her journal that she was leaving her four children to fill the gap.
The house on the hill in the creek bottom was a safe haven for all her grandchildren. A place where they could go to be cherished, loved, fed, and potty trained. She was a great babysitter and always had open doors and open arms. As her family outgrew her home, she would host a larger venue for 70+ loved ones to celebrate Christmas for an entire weekend. Her love for the Lord grew over time and her prayers over the family transcended her living room and impacted the family for decades. Her greatest gift to those she left behind are not material but are the blessings by association due to her diligence in the word and her love for God.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jinx; siblings, Lynn Sloan and Betty Sloan Pizzo; sons-in-law, Ronnie Ogburn and Claude Lane; and many other family members.
Survivors include her siblings, all of whom are also in their 90s: James Willie Sloan, Harvey "Skeeze" Sloan, Chester Pike "Buck" Sloan, and Peggy Reeves; her children, Nathan Andrews and his wife, Carolyn, Sandra Marr and her husband, Herman, Janie Lane, and Cathy Ogburn; 11 grandchildren and their spouses; 26 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren; many other family members and friends.
Ann was born in Martins Mill, Texas, to the late Harvey and Peggy Sloan, and was the oldest of seven children. She was a survivor and came close to death several times her early years. As a teenager, she contracted typhoid fever. This was quite a scare for her family since not many folks survived this disease at the time. She also got a snake bite that was pretty serious as a youth.
Anne stayed busy as a young adult helping her mother raise her siblings. She met Grover Haze Andrews, better known as "Jinks", and they were married on December 23, 1939. After marrying, they moved to Houston where they started their family. They later moved to Corsicana and they began to farm and ranch and raise their family. They were married for 72 years and created a legacy of life, love, and perseverance through hardship while teaching their children the importance of family. They balanced each other perfectly and gave their family a perfect example of unconditional love.
Ann was great at doing anything that needed to be done. Her talents were many. She was a great ranch hand and a carpenter's helper for Jinks, all while maintaining her role as a devoted wife and mother. She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for her family. Her whole wheat pancakes were a favorite for all her kids and grandkids for four generations.
Ann loved to sew and made quilts for all her grandkids. Ann was also a great bridge player and shared her love for the game of bridge with her family and friends. She loved to read and continued to read all the classics well into her 90s. Her favorite book was the Bible, and she used her iPad to read it in large print as she aged. Her favorite verse was Philippians 4:11-14, a verse about being content...and that is the way she lived her life - full of contentment, trust in God, and prayer for those she loved. Her faith was a testament to those she loved and she wrote in her journal that she was leaving her four children to fill the gap.
The house on the hill in the creek bottom was a safe haven for all her grandchildren. A place where they could go to be cherished, loved, fed, and potty trained. She was a great babysitter and always had open doors and open arms. As her family outgrew her home, she would host a larger venue for 70+ loved ones to celebrate Christmas for an entire weekend. Her love for the Lord grew over time and her prayers over the family transcended her living room and impacted the family for decades. Her greatest gift to those she left behind are not material but are the blessings by association due to her diligence in the word and her love for God.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jinx; siblings, Lynn Sloan and Betty Sloan Pizzo; sons-in-law, Ronnie Ogburn and Claude Lane; and many other family members.
Survivors include her siblings, all of whom are also in their 90s: James Willie Sloan, Harvey "Skeeze" Sloan, Chester Pike "Buck" Sloan, and Peggy Reeves; her children, Nathan Andrews and his wife, Carolyn, Sandra Marr and her husband, Herman, Janie Lane, and Cathy Ogburn; 11 grandchildren and their spouses; 26 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren; many other family members and friends.
Annie "Ann" Gertrude Sloan Andrews, 99, passed away on July 2, 2018. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Navarro County.
Ann was born in Martins Mill, Texas, to the late Harvey and Peggy Sloan, and was the oldest of seven children. She was a survivor and came close to death several times her early years. As a teenager, she contracted typhoid fever. This was quite a scare for her family since not many folks survived this disease at the time. She also got a snake bite that was pretty serious as a youth.
Anne stayed busy as a young adult helping her mother raise her siblings. She met Grover Haze Andrews, better known as "Jinks", and they were married on December 23, 1939. After marrying, they moved to Houston where they started their family. They later moved to Corsicana and they began to farm and ranch and raise their family. They were married for 72 years and created a legacy of life, love, and perseverance through hardship while teaching their children the importance of family. They balanced each other perfectly and gave their family a perfect example of unconditional love.
Ann was great at doing anything that needed to be done. Her talents were many. She was a great ranch hand and a carpenter's helper for Jinks, all while maintaining her role as a devoted wife and mother. She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for her family. Her whole wheat pancakes were a favorite for all her kids and grandkids for four generations.
Ann loved to sew and made quilts for all her grandkids. Ann was also a great bridge player and shared her love for the game of bridge with her family and friends. She loved to read and continued to read all the classics well into her 90s. Her favorite book was the Bible, and she used her iPad to read it in large print as she aged. Her favorite verse was Philippians 4:11-14, a verse about being content...and that is the way she lived her life - full of contentment, trust in God, and prayer for those she loved. Her faith was a testament to those she loved and she wrote in her journal that she was leaving her four children to fill the gap.
The house on the hill in the creek bottom was a safe haven for all her grandchildren. A place where they could go to be cherished, loved, fed, and potty trained. She was a great babysitter and always had open doors and open arms. As her family outgrew her home, she would host a larger venue for 70+ loved ones to celebrate Christmas for an entire weekend. Her love for the Lord grew over time and her prayers over the family transcended her living room and impacted the family for decades. Her greatest gift to those she left behind are not material but are the blessings by association due to her diligence in the word and her love for God.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jinx; siblings, Lynn Sloan and Betty Sloan Pizzo; sons-in-law, Ronnie Ogburn and Claude Lane; and many other family members.
Survivors include her siblings, all of whom are also in their 90s: James Willie Sloan, Harvey "Skeeze" Sloan, Chester Pike "Buck" Sloan, and Peggy Reeves; her children, Nathan Andrews and his wife, Carolyn, Sandra Marr and her husband, Herman, Janie Lane, and Cathy Ogburn; 11 grandchildren and their spouses; 26 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren; many other family members and friends.
Ann was born in Martins Mill, Texas, to the late Harvey and Peggy Sloan, and was the oldest of seven children. She was a survivor and came close to death several times her early years. As a teenager, she contracted typhoid fever. This was quite a scare for her family since not many folks survived this disease at the time. She also got a snake bite that was pretty serious as a youth.
Anne stayed busy as a young adult helping her mother raise her siblings. She met Grover Haze Andrews, better known as "Jinks", and they were married on December 23, 1939. After marrying, they moved to Houston where they started their family. They later moved to Corsicana and they began to farm and ranch and raise their family. They were married for 72 years and created a legacy of life, love, and perseverance through hardship while teaching their children the importance of family. They balanced each other perfectly and gave their family a perfect example of unconditional love.
Ann was great at doing anything that needed to be done. Her talents were many. She was a great ranch hand and a carpenter's helper for Jinks, all while maintaining her role as a devoted wife and mother. She was a great cook and enjoyed cooking for her family. Her whole wheat pancakes were a favorite for all her kids and grandkids for four generations.
Ann loved to sew and made quilts for all her grandkids. Ann was also a great bridge player and shared her love for the game of bridge with her family and friends. She loved to read and continued to read all the classics well into her 90s. Her favorite book was the Bible, and she used her iPad to read it in large print as she aged. Her favorite verse was Philippians 4:11-14, a verse about being content...and that is the way she lived her life - full of contentment, trust in God, and prayer for those she loved. Her faith was a testament to those she loved and she wrote in her journal that she was leaving her four children to fill the gap.
The house on the hill in the creek bottom was a safe haven for all her grandchildren. A place where they could go to be cherished, loved, fed, and potty trained. She was a great babysitter and always had open doors and open arms. As her family outgrew her home, she would host a larger venue for 70+ loved ones to celebrate Christmas for an entire weekend. Her love for the Lord grew over time and her prayers over the family transcended her living room and impacted the family for decades. Her greatest gift to those she left behind are not material but are the blessings by association due to her diligence in the word and her love for God.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jinx; siblings, Lynn Sloan and Betty Sloan Pizzo; sons-in-law, Ronnie Ogburn and Claude Lane; and many other family members.
Survivors include her siblings, all of whom are also in their 90s: James Willie Sloan, Harvey "Skeeze" Sloan, Chester Pike "Buck" Sloan, and Peggy Reeves; her children, Nathan Andrews and his wife, Carolyn, Sandra Marr and her husband, Herman, Janie Lane, and Cathy Ogburn; 11 grandchildren and their spouses; 26 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren; many other family members and friends.
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