Edwina (Brown) Granberry

Funeral services for Edwina (Brown) Granberry, age 87 of Dallas, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Pastor Ron Wells officiating. Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Lindale. Edwina passed away Monday, January 27, 2025, in Dallas. She was born February 4, 1937, in Lindale to the late Edwin Thomas and Beatrice Alice (Johnson) Brown. She graduated Lindale High School and was attending Tyler Junior College when she met Jim “Hoosey” Granberry. They married on December 17, 1955, and had been married for 65 years when Hoosey passed on March 5, 2021. Edwina headed off to Dallas with Hoosey while he was attending Baylor Dental school. She worked in downtown Dallas as an administrative assistant and would head to the original Neiman Marcus store on her lunch break to check out the latest fashion. Edwina always maintained her love of fashion and was known for her classic sense of style. In 1961, with Hoosey’s Baylor Dental degree in hand, they headed to Lubbock for 32 gloriously frenetic years. Edwina bravely headed the household for her 5 continuously incorrigible children and their revolving cast of pets. During those early years she served as the “first lady of Lubbock” while Hoosey was mayor and stood by his side and maintained the family dynamics when later Hoosey was campaigning for governor of Texas. Coming herself from a family of 9 siblings, Edwina embraced the chaos while staying calm and stoic amongst the madness! She also found time to attend Texas Tech, work as an accountant for the family businesses and volunteer with the Junior League and many other civic and charitable groups. Additionally, over the protests of her kids, she methodically and with good humor turned her home’s large sunroom/playroom into a garden room that held its own with her beautiful backyard. In her later years, she and Hoosey returned home to the community of Hideaway Lake. Here they enjoyed walks on the golf course and frequent visits from their children and grandkids. Her gracious, gentle manner made all feel welcome and loved. Edwina never lost that twinkle in her eye, that mischievous smile or her sharp wit. She will be missed. Edwina was preceded in death by her husband, Jim “Hoosey” Granberry; brothers, Frank, Robert, John, Tom, and Joe Brown; and sister, Laverne Wood. She is survived by her children, Leslie Hamilton and husband Brent of Lindale, Jay Granberry and wife Chrissie of College Station, Zach Granberry and wife Melissa of Houston, Tim Granberry and wife Stephanie of Plano, and Susan Mitchell and husband Pleas of Dallas; by her brother, Stephen Brown and wife Diane of Lindale, sister, Mary Wilkerson and husband Fred of Paris; and by 13 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and numerous other loving family members and friends. Serving as pallbearers will be, Ryan Granberry, McKenna Granberry, Grant Granberry, Aidan Granberry, Jeb Granberry, and Landon Meeks. Family will receive friends and family from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday prior to the service.

Edwina (Brown) Granberry

February 4, 1937 - January 27, 2025