Sally Ann Allsup

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Sally was born January 4, 1928 in New York City to Althea Wilhelmine (Billie) Taylor and Guy Irving Burch. She began her early education at the Horace Mann School, Columbia University. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia in 1935. She graduated from Western High School in Washington, D. C., attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA for two years, and received her B.S. in Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN in 1950. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority.

She taught elementary grades, and then went into special education, receiving her certification in teaching emotionally disturbed and learning disabled in 1969. She received a M.Ed. in Education at University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, in 1971, earned a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997.

Sally and Keith E. Allsup, of Douglassville, TX, married in Fort Worth, Texas in 1953. They had five children; two born in Washington, D.C., two born in Pakistan, and one in Saudi Arabia. They lived in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nevada, Louisiana, and England. She settled in Texas for the remainder of her life of 50 years.

Sally loved being a mother. She often said that the greatest joys in her life were her children. Her goal was that they be gifts to society. Her parenting style was unconditional love and they always continued to be her greatest love.

Sally loved Fort Worth. She taught special education for FWISD from 1975 to 1997. She studied for the Masters in Landscape Architecture, attending classes in the evenings and summer, for the last six years of her teaching. She started a small, landscape design company, LANDESCAPE, in 1997 and enjoyed that for a number of years. She felt it was important to explore one’s options in life and was pleased to be able to have a second profession.

During the last half of her life, Sally was busy working in the community. She volunteered at the original Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, she was Executive Director of Who’s Who International, served on the Board for World Affairs Council, Fort Worth, was on the Board of English Speaking Union, and served on the Historical Landmarks Commission and the Urban Design Commission for City Councilman, Jungus Jordan of Fort Worth. She served as a docent for The Amon Carter Museum for ten years. Sally trained to be a Master Gardener, was active for many years, and her yard served as part of their Gardens Tours in 1976. She was a member of the Fort Worth Woman’s Club, working in Woman’s Shakespeare, The Round Table, the Monday Book Club, Federation, and Bridge Study. She was a member of the Mary Isham Keith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughter of Colonial Dames, Colonial Dames of the XXVII, and the Jamestowne Society.

Sally liked to give speeches, often saying that doing the research and writing them was the most fun. She gave slide lectures on English monumental Brasses, famous historical figures, gardening techniques, and her travels.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Wilhelmine Burch Gibboney, her father, Guy Irving Burch and sister, Caroline Sue Dillon.

Survivors: Her children, Romalda Allsup-Edwards and husband, Charles, Randall Burch Allsup, Elizabeth Jean Matthes, Cynthia Janeece Moreland and husband, Jeff, and Sandra Carol Allsup; ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.