Barbara Ann Horak Shurley

Barbara Ann Horak Shurley November 12, 1948 - August 2, 2012 Barbara Ann Horak Shurley, 63, of Pearland, Texas, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012. Services will be held at 2 pm, Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home, with Reverend Ellen Willett officiating. Burial will be at the Mayes Addition of Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. A memorial service in her memory will be held at a later date at the First United Methodist Church in Pearland, Texas. Barbara was born in Freeport, Texas, on November 12, 1948, to George R. and Frances Vickers Horak. She was a graduate of Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas. After high school, Barbara attended Wharton County Junior College and graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, with a degree in Elementary Education. She met and married her perfect soul mate Billy Shurley in Freeport, Texas, August 3, 1974. Together they made their home in Pearland, Texas. After teaching for Pearland ISD, Barbara became a full time homemaker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearland, to which she was dearly devoted. Barbara enjoyed reading, movies, and socializing with her longtime neighbors and friends. Barbara was a loving and caring woman who put others’ problems before her own. She loved children, animals and being around family, especially when she could spend time with her parents, brother and sister, and three nephews. Barbara was preceded in death by her father, George R. Horak, numerous aunts and uncles, and her best four-legged friend, Ozzie. Family members who will cherish her memory are her husband Billy R. Shurley of Pearland, mother Frances V. Horak of Huntsville, sister and brother-in-law Susan Horak White and David White of Huntsville, brother and sister-in-law Michael C. Horak and Brooke Horak of College Station, nephews Jeffrey Horak and Danielle, of College Station, Brian Horak and Heather of Cypress, and Thomas White of Huntsville, and 3 great nieces and nephew. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 2314 N. Grand Blvd., Pearland, Texas 77581. Those wishing to leave memorial condolences for the family may do so at www.shmfh.com

Barbara Ann Horak Shurley

November 12, 1948 - August 7, 2012