TEXAS, USA — Pat Spackey, also known as "Texas Flag Lady," died this month at 82 years old, according to an obituary on Dignity Memorial.
Spackey, who was born and raised in Dallas then later moved to the Houston area, was the great, great, great granddaughter of the designer of the Lone Star Flag of Texas and the first State Seal, Dr. Charles B. Stewart.
Spackey was born April 13, 1942 to Rosa and Fred Ellen, according to the obituary. She met her husband, Ted Spackey, when she was a senior at Douglas McArthur High School in San Antonio.
“I lost my wonderful, green eyed beauty last night,” Ted Spackey told Montgomery County News last week. “She is in the arms of Jesus and has never been happier than she is now.”
Pat and Ted moved back to the Dallas area in the late 1970s, lived in the DFW for more than 25 years and moved to The Woodlands in 2006, according to her obituary.
"Pat and Ted loved living in Montgomery County, the birthplace of the 'Texas Flag' where the Spackeys were embraced after discovering Pat’s heritage as the great, great, great granddaughter of Charles B. Stewart, the designer of the Texas Flag," the obituary says.
Pat's great, great, great grandfather Dr. Stewart also signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.
Spackey was a member of the Montgomery Historical Society, the Montgomery County Geological and Historical Society, the Friends of the Flag Foundation of the Lone Star Monument and Historical Flag Park (where she unveiled the bronze bust of Charles B. Stewart in 2011) and the Heritage Museum of Montgomery County.
The memorial service for Spackey was held Nov. 16 at Crossroad’s Baptist Church in The Woodlands, which was live streamed here:
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