Marjorie Stanley

Marjorie Jean Kincaid Stanley of Uvalde passed away on November 10, 2012 in Amistad Nursing Home at the age of 99. She was born on March 20, 1913 in Comanche, OK to Arthur and Margaret Hall Kincaid. Her father died in December 1938 and her mother in 1983. She had one brother, Ross Lynn Kincaid, who died in 1969.
When Mrs. Stanley was growing up in Clarksville, TX her uncle, Florence C. Hall, came to visit his mother and sister, and he had his pilot, Wiley Post, fly Jean and her brother around North Texas in the Winnie Mae, a Lockheed Vega aircraft. Later, Post flew the Winnie Mae for the first solo flight around the world 1931 and again for the first flight to over 50,000 feet into the stratosphere 1934. Until recently, when it was placed in storage, the Winnie Mae was on display at the Smithsonians Air and Space Museum on the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.
Jean met Ross Stanley while living with her parents in Port Isabel, TX. Ross was the Manager of Central Power and Light Co. and they were married in Brownsville, TX on March 18, 1931. Their daughter, Sandra, was born on October 27, 1935 in Port Isabel.
The family moved to Brownsville in 1944 where Ross opened Service Electric Co. which he owned and operated with his two partners, Doug Goode and Bill Kerr, until shortly before his death on June 2, 1987. Jean continued to live in Brownsville until moving to Uvalde in 1996.
Their daughter, Sandra, was born in Port Isabel on October 27, 1935. She graduated from Brownsville High School and the University of Texas at Austin, and was a member of the first group of women to be integrated into the Longhorn Band. Sandra married Wayne R. Coleman, and both were teachers who taught in several communities in South Texas before settling in Uvalde. At the time of their deaths, only 14 days apart in 1992, Sandra was Director of Student Affairs at Sul Ross State UniversityRio Grande College, and Wayne was music director at Batesville ISD. Also, Wayne was Chancel Choir Director and Sandra was organist for First Presbyterian Church in Uvalde.
Jean loved the piano and played for her churches in Port Isabel, Brownsville, and for the rest homes in Uvalde. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Uvalde, and sewed with the Cancer Sewing Circle.
Mrs. Stanley will be buried in Uvalde beside her husband, daughter, and soninlaw. All of Jeans immediate family preceded her in death and, in her own words, I, alone, am the last of the family that I am aware of.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 2:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church in Uvalde with burial to follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church or the Sandra Stanley Coleman Scholarship Fund co Sul Ross State UniversityRio Grande College, Uvalde, TX.

Visitation

RushingEstesKnowles Mortuary
220 S. Getty St.
Uvalde, TX  78801
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
2:00 PM

Service

Funeral Service

First Presbyterian Church
300 N, Getty
Uvalde, TX  78801
Thursday, November 15, 2012
2:30 PM

Cemetery

Hillcrest Cemetery
Hwy. 90 West
Uvalde, TX  78801