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Amy Lee Mair passed away peacefully at 90 years old, in the home in which she raised her children, and in the presence of her only daughter, in the early morning of Sunday, June 11, 2023. She was carried away by her hummingbirds to our Heavenly Father, and we are confident she is casting many crowns at the feet of our beloved Jesus and singing His praises. Amy was born on June 7, 1933 in Lufkin, Texas to Franklin Hurd and Polly Robinson. They had six children, Amy being their only daughter. Her family eventually relocated to San Antonio during the Great Depression, and like many other children at this time, she was sent to live in a children’s home near Woodlawn Lake. Amy graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1951. After graduation, she began working at Kelly Field. There she met the man who would become her husband, Billy Joe Mair. After a short whirlwind romance, they eloped on February 4, 1954 in Seguin, Texas. A little over a year later, they welcomed a son, then a second, and finally a daughter. The family built a home in South Bexar County, on land that was owned by her husband’s family. After her children were born, Amy stayed home, to care for her house and family, while her husband worked as an assistant fire chief at Brooks Air Force Base. For leisure, Amy enjoyed bowling on several championship bowling leagues, playing cards and dice games with family and friends, singing in the German choir, and serving in the church. Eventually, her husband retired and they began a successful welding business right next to their home. Amy and Billy Joe, being devout Baptists, donated land for, and helped build a church (Glory Bound Baptist Church) on that same property. There, Amy ministered to others, sang in the choir, and taught vacation Bible school to countless young ones, including her own grandchildren. It was in the church and in Jesus where she sought comfort after the sudden death of her husband on October 20, 1983. Amy never remarried, staying faithful to Billy Joe for the remainder of her life. After her husband’s passing, Amy devoted her life to caring for her brother Louis, her mother-in-law Minnie, and her seven grandchildren. In the summers,she would pack up as many grandkids as she could fit in her car and take them camping at Inks Lake. They would beg to come along to her many interests, including going bowling, to play Bunco, and to the movies. Amy loved sewing and making crafts, and teaching her grandchildren to do the same. Each of them owns a handmade keepsake from her, and some have even picked up her talents. She loved girl-talk with her granddaughters over coffee. They would sit on the front porch swing with her to watch the generations of hummingbirds that she nourished with the many feeders around her house. She was an excellent cook, hosting many holiday dinners in her home. She could bake lemon, chocolate, pecan, and pumpkin pies from scratch with love. She was a friend to animals, especially cats and dogs. She would feed every stray she happened to come across with the extra food and water she carried in her car, for any given moment. She loved her family, dachshunds, Roy Orbison, peach cobbler, the Price is Right, and Jesus. Amy never went anywhere without presenting her best, and today we know she is wrapped in the arms of our loving Father, just as beautiful as ever. Amy is survived by her children, Will Ray Mair and wife Catherine, Joel Wayne Mair and wife Darlene, and Mary Diane LeBlanc; her grandchildren, Christy Gonzales and husband Joe, Tanya Holmes and husband Brent, Galen Rawe and Brandi, Kimberly Mair, Carolyn Pooley and husband Jacob, Billy Joe Mair II, and Madison Gardner; her great-grandchildren, Andrew and Abigail (Christy), Anthony “AJ”, Lily, and Ezekiel (Tanya), Chase, Cali, Cazzidy, J. Anthony, Brandon, and Nina (Galen), Carley, Kelly, and Daniel (Kimberly), Jamie, Jacob Jr. “Bubba”, Jaclyn, and Joel “Sonny” (Carolyn); her great-great grandbaby Lucas (Carley); and her nieces and nephews, Ingrid Hurd, Heidi Welch, Karynn King, Ellis Hurd, Jeffrey Hurd, Michelle Hurd, and numerous others. She is reunited in Heaven with her husband of 29 years, Billy Joe Mair; and her five brothers, Frank, Louis, Samuel, Jerry, and Robert.

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Amy Mair

June 7, 1933 - June 11, 2023