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Alma Ann Midgett passed away peacefully with her family in attendance in her residence at noon on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the age of 86 after a prolonged battle with breast cancer. Born in 1930 in San Antonio, TX, Alma Baker was the only child of Thelma Watson for whom the township in which Alma was raised and lived most of her life was named, and Thomas Baker, a talented inventor. She married William Midgett (1927-2000) in 1949 and they had 5 children. Alma enjoyed the outdoors and loved camping and bird watching. She was fascinated by the creations of God that surrounded her and strove to learn all she could about them. She thus became an avid researcher of homeopathic medicine, eventually authoring a book, “The Pharmacy We Should Already Have”, soon to be available on Amazon. She loved to travel, having frequently travelled to Mexico. She also visited England, Scotland, India, and nearly every State in the Union, including Hawaii. Alma loved spending time with her grandchildren and to ensure they would come visit, she became an expert in a wide variety of card games, board games, and even computer games. It was a grand challenge for anyone of any age to defeat her in any game of any kind. Having lived her early years in the post Great Depression era, Alma gained a fierce focus on independent living. She loved to share her acquired skills of crafts and survival. She learned as a child to fix things and repair things, even people and animals. Her love of animals and caring for animals – even the human variety – never ended and she eventually began her studies at Our Lady of the Lake University in veterinary medicine. Alma was a superb and much-loved homemaker, but she was also an in-demand substitute school teacher, having earned her teaching credentials from the University of Houston in Victoria. She continued to teach regularly until her 81st year. Even after her retirement, she became very active in El Carmen senior center teaching “sittercize” classes and teaching various presentations. Until the final months of her life, she helped her son and daughter at Mission Airsoft cooking, running concessions, and offering minor first aid drawing from her vast knowledge of homeopathic medicine. Often called “The Energizer Bunny” by those who knew her, she was a shining example of tireless service to others and served in a number of leadership positions in the women’s organizations in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which she belonged for most of her adult life. She was an expert genealogist and traced her family’s line back into biblical lines all the way to Adam. She is survived by her 5 children – Michelle Howser, Laura Midgett, James Midgett, Wilanna Ashley, and John Midgett – plus 50 grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one grandson. Her influence has been felt and loved throughout the four generations of her progeny as the great Matriarch of the Midgett family. She will forever be remembered for her sweet spirit and her gentle, abiding, and unconditional love.

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Alma A. Midgett

August 24, 1930 - November 3, 2016