Rose Barbara Ramsey

Rose Barbara Ramsey, 97, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt, passed away peacefully at her home in Houston, Texas, on October, 14, 2014. She was a strong and generous woman who will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by family and friends.

Rose was born on May 6, 1917, in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, the daughter of Elroy and Katherine Diatikar. Rose was raised in Old Hickory, Tennessee, and graduated from DuPont High School. Following high school she attended Peabody College and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Education. Rose taught elementary students until her marriage to James Ramsey in July, 1941. For the next sixty-seven years, through wars and peace, she shared his life and his work and together they raised two sons, James and Scott. Rose and Jim retired to Austin, Texas in 1981, after Jim’s long and successful career with Shell Oil.

During retirement Rose continued to skillfully manage her family and her investments. She continued to act on her faith by her involvement at Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin, where at 95 she finally finished a Sunday School teaching career which had lasted over sixty years. She cherished her spiritual family at Hyde Park and at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, an institution which she and Jim supported and loved.

Rose is survived by her sons, James Ramsey of Morristown, New Jersey, and Scott Ramsey and his wife, Cindy, of Houston; her grandchildren, Kelly Ramsey, James M. Ramsey, Benjamin Ramsey, and Joshua Ramsey; great step-grandchildren, Paula and Samuel Henson, and Sarah Pavlock, and their parents; as well as a host of nieces and nephews, from Texas to Tennessee and England, including the youngest, Logan and Scarlett Rose. She is also survived by many friends who enriched her life and whom she deeply loved.

A Memorial Service will be Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 5501 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77004.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70126.