Norma Estelle Cary

Norma Cary

Norma Estelle Cary, a long time resident of Eden, TX, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 5:00 A.M. at Baptist Memorial House of Hope in San Angelo, Texas. Visitation is 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Eden Funeral Home chapel. Graveside service is 10 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2014 in Live Oak Cemetery, Eden.

Estelle was born March 24, 1933 to Norman L. and Effie Jewel Germany in Melvin, TX. She had 3 sisters and one brother. Estelle graduated from Melvin High School and then completed her LVN Nursing training in Brady, TX. Nursing was her lifetime career. She worked many years in both the Eden Nursing Home and the Eden Hospital.

She married Buddy Cary in Brady, TX on October 6, 1951. They had 4 children: Linda Day and husband Doug of San Angelo, TX. Nancy Constancia of Melvin, TX, Donnie Cary and wife Suzanne of Eden, TX, and Dana Torres and Pete Ovalle of Carlsbad, TX. There are 12 grandchildren, 18 with the in-laws, and 18 (plus 2 on the way) great-grandchildren.

Estelle is survived by one sister Nadine Davis of Brownwood, one brother Richard Germany and wife Deana of Magnolia, TX, her children, grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Effie Germany; her loving husband, Buddy Cary; two sisters, Dorothy Carlson and Sammy Underwood; mother and father-in-law, Oliver and Jewel Cary; four brother-in-laws and three sister-in-laws, John Davis, James and Dorothy Evans, Gene and Fay Dillard and Paul and Loree Shuff; a precious niece, Shirley Teed; and precious nephew, Jody Evans.

Estelle was an amazing lady and a very loving and strong woman. Her unconditional love for all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will never be forgotten. Her compassion and kindness to others made her an admired nurse and friend to many. Her spontaneous and fun personality made her a wonderful person to know and love. Her Lord and her family were her most prize possessions. She will be missed.