Page 17 - Summer 2019 - Lubbock Senior Link Magazine - Online Magazine

“You never forget grace for salvation, but it
where you were when has only been in recent
something like that years that I learned about
happens.” grace for living.” Her
delightful anecdotes, sage
While Buck was gone, perspicacity and effortless
she lived with her wisdom are proof that
Mammaw, whom she Juana Lee Stephenson
describes as one of is living gracefully and,
the most loving and indeed, has a story worth
gracious women she telling.
has ever known. Her
father continued to
look out for her and
even for her mother. He
always wanted to make
sure she had enough money to go to Woolworth’s
for Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder and other
“necessities”.

Juana Lee worked throughout her adult life,
becoming the first woman in Lubbock to earn her
CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter) and one of the first
women in Texas to become a CFP (Certified Financial
Planner).

She and Buck were married 73 years before he
passed away in 2018. They raised three daughters
- Bonny Dee McRae, Perry Lou Campbell, and Lee
Annette Livingston – all of Lubbock. She has four
grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and four great-
great-grandchildren. Every grandmother thinks her
grandchildren are amazing, but Juana Lee Stephenson
is very convincing that hers are the best, going from
picture to picture with stories of their achievements.

The sharp nonagenarian offers the following advice:
“Never stop learning.” Two hours with her only
makes a person want to hear more. Maybe when she
says she doesn’t have a story, it’s because she has
countless stories, as well as counsel, to impart. One of
the last things she said was, “I’ve always understood

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