Bastrop Ladies Reading Circle
Membership Roster

Sources

Bastrop Ladies Reading Circle Yearbooks, Minutes, and Roll Sheets 1901–2026, Bastrop County Historical Society Museum Archives, and the Bastrop Advertiser, September 1897–September 1900.

Note: This list is as complete as possible given missing programs for 1910–1911 and 1998–1999, and many missing minutes. If someone joined and left before the annual program was printed, their names would not necessarily make the list.

Also, when searching for specific names, check the index at the back of the book for those mentioned within the text of Bastrop Literary Knights.

A

Abel, Barbara (Mrs. Donald Ray): Active 1999–2001
Abney, Lula May Maynard Hood (Mrs. Isham Goss “I. G.”): Active 1897–1898
Adams, Beulah Grace Jenkins (Mrs. Addison Frank): Active 1935–1942, 1989-1995
Adams, Mrs. Michelle Lorain Ash: Active 2011+
Adkinson, Joy (Mrs. Rev. Preston): Active 1977–1979
Alexander, Annie Lee Haralson (Mrs. Henry H.): Active 1912–1914, 1922–1924; Assoc. 1914–1915, 1920–1921, 1924–1939
Allen, Penelope Jane Storm (Mrs. John Raymond): Active 1941–1943, 1946–1947;
Anderson, Mary Louise (Mrs. Robert): Active 1973-1974
Ash, Amy Mary Presswood (Mrs. John Vernard, Sr.): Active 1927–1932; Assoc. 1932–1934; 1952 BCHS Charter Member

B

Barnes, Patricia Jean Rosenbush (Mrs. Ernest Wade): Active 1997–2015
Barnhill, Oenia E. (Mrs. Earnest Reason): Active 1946–1956; Assoc. 1956–1958
Bean, Annie Fields Ratcliff Jones (Mrs. Joel A.): Active 1897–1907, 1917–1920
Bell, Ella H. Batts (Mrs. Henry Newton Sr.): Active 1901–1902, 1905–1906, 1915–1918, 1930–1935; Assoc. 1902–1905, 1906–1907,1935–1943
Bell, Mildred Smith (Mrs. Henry Newton Jr.): Active 1953–1958; Assoc. 1958–1961
Bell, Pamela (Mrs. Henry Newton III): Active 1971–1983; Assoc. 1983–1987
Bell, Susie T. Erhard (Mrs. Durant H.): Assoc. 1900–1904
Berkner, Dorothy “Dot” (Mrs. James F.): Active 2006+;
Billings, Ruth Fecho (Mrs. Carol C.): Active 1973–1975
Birmingham, Anne M. Trigg (Mrs. Frank H.): Active 1921–1939
Blume, Susan D. “Susie” (Mrs. Gregory): Active 2023–2026
Bohls, Joan (Mrs. Kent): Active 2011+
Bohls, Ruth (Mrs. Rev. Alvin H.): Active 1969–1977; Assoc. 1977–1981
Booth, Clare Eddins (Mrs. Rev. Cullom H.): Active 1905–1906
Booth, Nellie Moss (Mrs. Marvin Cole): Active 1922–1943
Bradfield, Miss Alma: Active 1969–1971
Branan, Dr. Mary Ellen: Active 1999–2003
Brice, first name unknown: Active 1984
Brieger, Ethel Lenore Kingston (Mrs. Milton Joseph): Active 1977–1989; Assoc. 1989–1997; Life 1999–2009
Brieger, Mary Erhard Bell Murchison (Mrs. Walter Hamilton Murchison 1904–1932) (Mrs. Richard Hasler Brieger m. 1940): Active 1905–1906, 1932–1941, 1947–1953, 1958–1960; 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Brooks, Lula Pearl Garrett (Mrs. John Joseph): Active 1934–1935, 1942–1943; Assoc. 1935–1942, 1946–1949
Brown, Mary Jane: Active 2013
Bryson, Lily Clara Schuddemagen (Mrs. Dr. James Gordon): Active 1942–1943, 1946–1967; Assoc. 1939–1942, 1967–1971, 1969–1981; Life 1967–1969, 1981–1983; 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Buniva, Mildred Norment (Mrs. George): Active 1969–1970

C

Cain, Stella Sanders (Mrs. Thomas William): Active 1915–1918; Assoc. 1918–1923, 1924–1926; Honorary 1926–1943
Camerer, Winifred “Winn” (Mrs. Lorenzo Edward): Active 1997–2007
Campbell, Nina B. Smith Jackson (Mrs. Millard Fleming): Active 1971–1981
Carder, Liz (Mrs. William J.): Active 2019+
Cartwright, Bettye Atkins (Mrs. Rev. Walter Joseph): Active 1959–1963
Cato, Ruthjeanne Mitchell (Mrs. Gerald Kent): Active 1995–1997
Chipley, Sandra (Mrs. Lynn Charles “Chuck” Kellogg): Active 2024+
Coleman, Della W. (Mrs. Stonewall Jackson): Active 1935–1936
Combs, Maude O. (Mrs. Dr. Henry B.): Assoc. 1922–1923, 1924–1938
Comer, Amelia Miller (Mrs. Charles C.): Honorary 1900–1943 Carthage, TX
Conant, Katherine “Kate” Marsh (Mrs. Robert E. “Bob”): Active 1960–1965
Conrad, Terry Littlefield (Mrs. Marvin C. Jr.): Active 2002+
Cook, Eula Hazeldeane (Mrs. Rev. Leo Sanford): Active 1942–1943
Corson, Elsie B. Brady (Mrs. Earl L.): Assoc. 1946–1977
Crawford, Dorothy Nelle Barrick (Mrs. William): Active 1977–2001; Assoc. 2001–2005; Life 2005–2007
Cunningham, Helen (Mrs. Paul): Active 1999–2003
Curtis, Lottie Culp (Mrs. Charles Edward): Active 1981

D

Davidson, Isabel (Mrs. Rev. Alexander B.): Active 1907–1908
Davis, Miss Mary Jane: Active 1934–1938;
Dayton, Glenda (Mrs. Wayne): Active 2015+
DeKunder, Nannie Faye Davis (Mrs. Edwin Franklin): Active 1965–1967
Denison, Myrtle E. Hood (Mrs. Frank Willis, Sr.): Active 1929–1936; Assoc. 1936–1939
Denman, Sue Zanne Ransome (Mrs. Earl Marchant): Active 1951–1969; Assoc. 1969–1989; Life 1989–1995; 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Dibrell, Eugenia Carolan (Mrs. Rev. Walter): Active 1928–1932
Dickson, Dorothy Helen Strange (Mrs. William C. Sr.): Active 1957–1960
Dieball, Marie A. (Mrs. M. L.): Active 1977–1981
Dittmar, Miss Stephanie: Active 2015–2017
Dodson, Marjorie D. (Mrs. Pickett Jones “P.J.”): Active 1935–1937; Assoc. 1937–1938
Draper, Elsie Thames Bush Whorton Bundy (Mrs. Coleman Clarence): Active 1989–1998
Dreyfus-Petry, Elaine (Mrs. Rick): Active 2023

E

East, Miss Dawn: Active 2013–2015
Edmonds, Dixie Spencer (Mrs. Col. John C.): Assoc. 1903–1907
Egger, Fredia Farmer (Mrs. Marvin Bain): Active 1977–1989; Assoc. 1989–2013; Life 2013–2018
Eilers, Emma Duncan (Mrs. Louis, Jr.): Active 1900–1905
Elzner, Lelia Lancaster (Mrs. Gustav P.): Active 1924–1930
Erhard, Annie Pearle Windrow (Mrs. Earl Chester): Active 1905–1907, 1915–1922, 1927–1940, 1942–1943, 1946–1950, 1951–1956; Assoc. 1922–1927, 1940–1942, 1950–1951, 1956–1965, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Erhard, Miss Cora: Active 1900
Erhard, Mary Trigg (Mrs. Chester): Assoc. 1903–1904
Escamilla, Patricia Lee Baldwin (Mrs. Julio Jr.): Active 1999–2006
Eskew, Bertha Belle Jackson (Mrs. Henry Oren): Active 1939–1943; Assoc. 1946–1987, 1989–1991; 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Eskew, Grace Annetta Allen (Mrs. Charles Worley): Active 1951–1955; Assoc. 1987–1989, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Evans, Miss Corinne: Active 2011–2014

F

Farris, Katherine (Mrs. Lincoln): Active 1963-1964
Ferguson, Mrs. Carolyn: Active 1999–2007
Finney, Miss Maria W.: Active 1902–1903, 1904–1906
Fitzwilliam, Berneece Crysup (Mrs. Edwin Dennis): Active 1925–1934
Fitzwilliam, Genevieve Stone Rix (Mrs. Edwin Dennis): Active 1939–1943, 1946–1949; Assoc. 1949–1959, 1969–1971
Fitzwilliam, Miss Grace: Active 1952–1958
Fitzwilliam, Miss Nell Alice: Active 1921–1943, 1946–1957; Assoc. 1957–1985; Life 1985–1989; Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Book 1975–1977
Flanagan, Janis (Mrs. Roy): Active 2006–2007
Foust, Alma Daude (Mrs. Linn): Active 1975–1991; Assoc. 1991–1998
Fowler, Cornelia Morgan Maud Maynard (John Preston): Active 1897–1916
Fredericks, Rita Boer (Mrs. Phil): Active 2011–2019
Fruge, Miss Sue Ann: Active 2024+
Fulgham, Ella Jan Baker (Mrs. Col. George Sidney): Active 1999–2003
Funderburk, Dee Fowler (Mrs. Dr. Mitchell B.): Active 1957–1960

G

Glass, Marilyn: Active 2022-2023
Goode, Helen Lovett (Mrs. Jennings L.): Active 1941–1943
Gore, Mary Belle Turner (Mrs. Walter Reese): Active 1971–1987; Assoc. 1987–1992
Gould, Tommie Thomas (Mrs. James Kenneth): Active 1979–1987
Grassel, Armella Rose “Molly” Meyer (Mrs. Cyril “Skip”): Active 2009–2015
Green, Maggie Alleen Fowler (Mrs. Sidney Franklin): Active 1900–1903, 1932–1940, 1942–1943; Assoc. 1940–1941, 1946–1950
Green, Miss Peggy: Active 2015–2026
Green, Susan Yawn (Mrs. James C.): Active 2019–2021
Griesenbeck, Agnes K. (Mrs. Rufus J.): Active 1935–1937. See Agnes Hasler
Griffin, Mary Eva (Mrs. Rev. John Wilkins): Active 1948–1949; Assoc. 1949–1950, 1951–1952
Grimes, Lucile (Mrs. Rev. Bonnie L.): Active 1946–1950
Guinn, Nina (Mrs. Robert): Active 2011–2015; Assoc. 2017–2024
Gunn, Maxine Robbins (Mrs. William Taylor): Active 1969–1975
Gurwitz, Betty Joyce Segal (Mrs. Neil Ross): Active 1961–2013; Assoc. 2013–2019; Honorary 2019–2020; Life 2020+

H

Habich, Marty (Mrs. Adolph B.): Active 2003–2007, 2009–2011
Haines, Mary M. (Mrs. Abel S.): Active 1909–1925; Assoc. 1925–1927
Hanna, Anna “Ozell” Quicksall (Mrs. Vallon Henry): Active 1984, 1986
Hardt, Rosemary Marsh (Mrs. Dr. Sterling M.): Active 1955–1967
Hargrave, Holly V. Thompson (Mrs. Terry H): Active 2019–2021
Harp, Barbara Boenig (Mrs. Gerald): Active 2004–2020; Assoc. 2021-2022
Harris, Miss Mary Elizabeth: Active 1964–1969
Harvell, Judy (Mrs. Felix William): Active 2015–2019
Hasler, Agnes “Aggie” Sophia Liesetta Koenig Griesenbeck Hasler Griesenbeck (Mrs. Joseph Theodore): Active 1965–1987; Assoc. 1987–1989; Life 1989–1997
Haynie, Alice May Taylor (Mrs. Charles Raymond): Active 1902–1905
Haynie, Marguerite Haralson (Mrs. Fred Gresham): Active 1929–1940, 1942–1943, 1951–1981; Assoc. 1940–1942, 1946–1951; Life 1981–1991; Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Book 1975–1977, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Haynie, Sue Flake Cummings Gibson (Mrs. Thomas Powell Jr.): Active 1934–1941
Haynie, Tillye Clara Elzner (Mrs. Thomas Powell Sr.): Active 1905–1920, 1929–1932, 1933–1937, 1939–1940; Assoc. 1920–1927, 1932–1933, 1937–1939
Helmick, Jean Johnson (Mrs. Michael): Active 1998–2007, 2009+
Herndon, Maude Ada Tummins Chamberlain (Mrs. Sam): Active 1946–1956, 1959–1965; Assoc. 1956–1959, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Hestdalen, Dolores Jean Valentine (Mrs. David Clyde): Active 1986
Hibbs, LaNelle K. (Mrs. Donnie D.): Active 1986
Hickman, Catherine Roe (Mrs. Rev. John Troy): Active 1971–1981; Life 1981–1991;
Higgins, Debbie Oldfield (Mrs. Tommy): Active 2006–2007
Higgins, Mae Belle Warren (Mrs. Samuel Jacob Chamberlain): Active 1916–1920, 1922–1927, 1928–1943, 1946–1959; Assoc. 1920–1922, 1927–1928, 1959–1961, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Higgins, Miss Mary O.: Active 1901–1902, 1903–1904, 1907–1909
Highsmith, Nora Olive Handley (Mrs. Charles C.): Active 1903–1904
Highsmith, Miss Susan “Susie” Mae: Active 1902–1903
Hill, Jessie Mabel Wilson (Mrs. Rev. Milton Fly): Active 1933–1935
Holm, Evelyn Koenig (Mrs. Dr. Norman): Active 1981–1993; Assoc. 1993–1998

I

Insley, Sadie Belle (Mrs. Rev. L. Irving): Active 1946–1948
Irvin, Mrs. Joseph Foster (Mrs. Joseph Foster): Active 1969–1971

J

Jacqmin, Alice (Mrs. Harris J.): Active 1989–1997
Jenkins, Emma Holmes (Mrs. James Northcross): Founder; Active 1900–1932
Jennings, Loretta (Mrs. Jerry): Active 1984
Johnson, Marilynn (Mrs. Lewis C.): Active 1991–2005
Johnson, Ruth Craft (Mrs. Thaddeus E.): Active 1964–1967
Johnston, Dolores Douglas (Mrs. Jerry B.): Active 2018+
Jones, Miss Margaret Belle: Active 1900–1904, 1906–1914, 1937–1938; Life 1937–1943
Jones, Lula LeVest Reynolds aka Miss Lula Reynolds (Mrs. Capt. James S.): Active 1901–1904
Jones, Mallie Belle Moore (Mrs. Oliver Pennington): Active 1897–1935; Life 1935–1961
Jones, Mary Eleanor “Nell” Nash (Mrs. Tignal S.): Active 1907–1910, 1919–1943, 1946–1955; Assoc. 1917–1919
Jones, Vesta Craft (Mrs. Capt. James S.): Active 1915–1917
Julien, Janette Rosalie (Mrs. Leonard Cecil): Active 1993–1997; Assoc. 1999–2001

K

Karling, Eva Temperance Hill LeSueur (Mrs. David): Active 1935–1943, 1946–1955; Honorary 1955–1957
Keisler, Miss Nezzie: Active 1902–1903
Kennedy, Miss Edna: Active 1900
Kesselus, Miss Adelia; Active 1912–1915
Kesselus, Miss Helen: Active 1907–1908; 1909–1910
Kessler, Pat (Mrs. Duane R.): Active 2017–2019
King, Mrs. Joe K. (Mrs. Joe K.): Active 1954–1955
Koch, Fannita “Bunny” (Mrs. Harris): Active 1961–1967
Koock, Carol (Mrs. Kenneth): Active 2003–2005
Kunkel, Grace Moncure (Mrs. Samuel A.): Active 1975–1989
Kuratko, Julia Grace (Mrs. Frank): Active 1967–1977
Kysar, Carol (Mrs. Lynn): Active 2013–2017; Assoc. 2017–2024

L

Lambert, Martha (Mrs. James A.): Active 1986
Langley, Lennie (Mrs. Louis J.): Active 1951–1952
Lanning, Tona E. Schwartz (Mrs. Dr. Frank): Active 1988
Liggett, Miss Margaret Belle: Active 1986–1997
Lindsey, Miss Cora: Active 1908–1909; Assoc. 1907–1908
Link, Josephine M. “Jo” Liggett (Mrs. Robert Eugene): Active 1985–1997; Assoc. 1997–2003
Linklater, Jacque (Mrs. Charles W.): Active 2018–2021, 2024+; Assoc. 2022–2024
Lisle, Margaret (Mrs. Mark): Active 2015–2016
Lloyd, Helen (Mrs. Dan): Active 1963–1971
Lockett, Fannie Louise Diercks (Mrs. Thomas Matthew): Active 1925–1943, 1946–1948; Assoc. 1948–1950
Long, Bessie Pearl Andrus (Mrs. Cleo Albert): Active 1951–1953, 1985–1987,1952 BCHS Charter Member
Long, Mary Moore (Albert Sr.): Active 1942–1943; Assoc. 1950–1971
Long, Dr. Verla Mae Sadler (Mrs. Thomas Paisley): Active 2011
Loveless, Eloise Chapman (Mrs. Dr. Robert Wells Sr.): Active 1965–1979; Assoc. 1979–2001
Lovvorn, Peggy: Active 2024+
Lucas, Mary (Mrs. Thomas Raymond): Active 2013+
Luckett, Lucy Virginia Miller (Mrs. Charles Powell): Active 1905–1907

M

Martin, Miss Lottie: Active 1907–1908
Marshall, Mary Lee Cannan (Mrs. Dr. Billie Jack): Active 1971–2002
Maynard, Clara L. Lockett (Mrs. Powell C.): Active 1915–1943, 1946–1963; Assoc. 1963–1981; Life 1981–1983; Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Book 1971–1973, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Maynard, Clara Louise Curtis (Mrs. William Edward “Billy” III): Active 1975–1989; Assoc. 1989–1991
Maynard, Elsie Elizabeth Heard (Mrs. William Edward Jr.): Active 1924–1943, 1946–1975; Life 1975–1981 Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Book 1975–1977, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Maynard, Evelyn Baker Barnes (Mrs. William Edward Sr.): Active 1917–1926; Honorary 1926–1947
Maynard, Lucy Rivers (Mrs. Copenitus Bannister): Active 1933–1943, 1946–1965; Assoc. 1965–1987,1952 BCHS Charter Member
Maynard, Miss Maude: Active 1907–1910
Maynard, Mary Ann “Mollie” Clements (Mrs. William Edward Sr.): Active 1897–1914
Maynard, Miss Nanno Esme: Assoc. 1907–1908
Mazac, Katherine Ann “Kathee” Reed (Mrs. Charles J.): Active 2007–2019; Honorary 2019+
McCombs, Mary Kathryn (Mrs. Darlus B. “Mac”): Active 1950–1952
McCord, Sallie Powell (Mrs. William Allen): Active 1897–1921; Assoc. 1921–1923
McDowall, Mary Ann Nicholson (Mrs. William): Honorary 1903–1933
McLavy, Elnora Erkel (Mrs. Arthur B.): Active 1902–1921, 1922–1926, 1928–1929; Assoc. 1921–1922, 1926–1928, 1929–1935, 1938–1939
McMillian, Rubelle N. (Mrs. James Lee): Active 1963–1987; Life 1987–1991
McMullen, Donna Ione (Mrs. Andrew George): Active 1987–2003; Assoc. 2005–2007
McMurrey, Mary Clements Maynard (Mrs. Allen Lamar Jr.): Active 1960–1967; 2007–2009
Meusebach, Mae Mooney (Mrs. Carl Iago): Active 1916–1943, 1946–1948; Assoc. 1948–1950; Honorary 1950–1957
Miley, Frances Marietta “Fannie” Green (Mrs. William Jefferson): Active 1897–1921, 1922–1929, 1939–1943; Assoc. 1914–1915, 1921–1922, 1929–1938, 1946–1955; Life 1956–1965, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Miller, Ruby Gene Dunlop (Mrs. Randolph Oscar): Active 1971–1973
Minix, June (Mrs. Dan): Active 2015–2017
Mitchell, Norma: Active 2002–2005
Monat, Rita Rood (Mrs. Robert A.): Active 2024+
Moncure, Miss Julia: Active 1950–1965; Assoc. 1965–1973, 1975–1981, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Moncure, Miss Lottie (later Mrs. George Baxter Rodgers): Active 1905–1908;
Moorcock, Linda (Mrs. Michael): Active 1999
Moore, Ellen (Mrs. Hoover, Robert “Bob”): Active 1999–2007
Moore, Middie Darby (Mrs. James W.): Assoc. 1903–1905
Morris, Miss Maggie: Active 1900
Morton, Mary Frances Simmons (Mrs. Carl “Tuck”): Active 1963–1964
Muehr, Margaret Sheila Oldfield (Mrs. Dominic M.): Active 2023+
Murchison, Virginia E. Sills (Mrs. Robert Grady): Assoc. 1937–1939, 1946–1949

N

Nelson, Helen (Mrs. Jack M.): Active 1989–1995, 1997–2022; Honorary 2019–2022
Newbold, Ellen (Mrs. William G.): Active 2016–2020
Ngozi, Miss Georgina: Active 2016
Nichols, Miss Becky: Active 2016–2017

O

Oldfield, Doris (Mrs. Mark E.): Active 2015–2017; Assoc. 2017+
Olive, Maggie (Mrs. L. W.): Active 1897
Orgain, Bessie Pearcy (Mrs. James Clinton): Active 1915–1916
Orgain, Drusilla Johnston (Mrs. Capt. Benjamin Darby): Founder; Active 1900–1912, 1916–1917, 1919–1931; Assoc. 1912–1916, 1917–1919; Pres. 1897–1900, 1921–1923
Orgain, Louise Nichols (Mrs. Elbert Sayers): Active 1915–1917, 1923–1925; Assoc. 1917–1923, 1925–1933, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Orgain, Sarah Jane Kimball (Mrs. Edmund Jones): Founder; Active 1900–1907
Osborn, Miss Mary: Active 1913–1922; Assoc. 1922–1923, 1924–1927

P

Page, Blanche Higgins Garwood (Mrs. Paul Dewitt): Active 1897–1902, 1904–1910; Assoc. 1902–1904
Palmer, Rebecca (Mrs. Prof. W. A.): Active 1897–1900; Honorary 1903–1906
Parker, Janet (Mrs. Buzz): Active 2011–2015
Parsons, Juyne (Mrs. Bowen): Active 2005–2015
Patterson, Sue (Mrs. Steve): Active 2015–2017
Payton, Nancy Ellen Mackey (Mrs. Jack Nichols Sr.): Active 2013–2017; Assoc. 2017–2020
Pearcy, Ruby Tracy (Mrs. Ernest Frank): Active 1965–1981; Assoc. 1981–1985
Peck, Martha “Marty”: Active 2019–2020
Perkins, Bernice Pfeiffer (Mrs. Eugene Davis): Active 1934–1935
Perkins, Lucile Jackson (Mrs. Morgan B. “Sonny”): Active 1977–1994
Perkins, Mamie Claire “Clara” Pringle (Mrs. Milton McKinnon “Pap” Sr.): Active 1946–1947; Assoc. 1947–1950
Perkins, Mary Beulah Cook (Mrs. Sgt. James Howard): Active 1939–1943; Assoc. 1946–1947
Phillips, Margaret (Mrs. Roland B.): Active 1981–1995; Assoc. 1995–1997
Powell, Corinne Margaret Wescott (Mrs. John Henry): Active 1917–1920, 1930–1932; Assoc. 1920–1923, 1924–1930, 1932–1938
Price, Katherine “Katie” Florence Thompson (Mrs. Joseph Burton): Active 1900–1905, 1906–1932; Assoc. 1905–1906
Price, Lasaphene “Lassie” Green (Mrs. David Sayers): Active 1897–1902
Price, Nelda Hilda Erhard (Mrs. Leslie C.): Assoc. 1946–1948
Prosise, Kellye Green: Active 2021+
Prudhomme, Cynthia: Active 2019–2020

R

Randle, Naomi Gibson (Mrs. Richard McCoy): Active 1919–1920; Assoc. 1920–1921
Ransome, Dru Orgain Fiser (Mrs. William Bland): Active 1901–1904, 1922–1923, 1954–1965; Assoc. 1923–1924, 1965–1969; Life 1969–1973; Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Book 1975–1977
Razuri, Miss Leah: Active 2018–2021
Read, Linda Lauterbach (Mrs. Dean R.): Active 2018–2023
Reinberg, Miss Sharon: Active 2018–2021
Reynolds, Janette Gertrude Maynard (Mrs. Arthur Jake Sr.): Active 1932–1939
Reynolds, Miss Lula: Active 1897
Richards, Lillian Townsend (Mrs. Robert Davidson): Active 1926–1937, 1963–1967; Assoc. 1937–1939, 1967–1969
Richmond, Thelma May (Mrs. George Randolph): Active 1949–1951
Riffe, Rachel (Mrs. David): Active 2013–2015
Roark, Ruth Norment Reeves (Mrs. J. W.): Active 1973–1987; Life 1987–1997
Rogers, Robert “Miss Bob” Lane Jenkins (Mrs. Mayor William “Will” Jones): Active 1920–1922; Assoc. 1922–1923
Rorem, Elizabeth Myrtle Hartman (Mrs. Samuel Dale): Active 1952–1957
Rosanky, Faye (Mrs. Gordon): Active 1985–1989
Ross, Deanie: Active: 2025+
Rowley, Mahala (Mrs. Charles N.): Active 1989–2007
Rozendal, Maribel Joyce Love (Mrs. David Bernard): Active 2001–2019
Russell, Joan Barry McGuire (Mrs. Horace E.): Active 1990–2009, 2015–2018; Assoc. 2009–2011; Honorary 2019+; Life 2020+

S

Sanders, Florine Williams (Mrs. Herman Leon): Active 1964
Sanders, Robbie Moore (Mrs. Terry): Active 2023-2024
Sapikas, Miss Kaye: Active 2017–2021
Sayers, Lena (Mrs. Joseph Sayers): Active 1897
Schaefer, Alma Murchison (Mrs. Louie E.): Active 1986
Schneider, Melba (Mrs. Eugene W.): Active 2007–2011; Assoc. 2011–2015
Sebastian, Lula Ross Miley (Mrs. Lt. Col. Henry Garner): Assoc. 1917–1918
Sharp, Ida Maude Carter (Mrs. James Pinkney): Active 1950–1953, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Simmons, Gem Esther Moncure (Mrs. Lee): Active 1928–1930, 1941–1943, 1946–1947, 1955–1959; Assoc. 1930–1940, 1947–1953, 1954–1955, 1959–1961; Life 1961–1967, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Sims, Merle Lee (Mrs. D. Benton): Active 1955–1965
Small, Nita (Mrs. Horace): Active 1999–2004
Smith, Byrde Lind “Happy” (Mrs. Dr. Arthur Clair): Active 1935–1937
Smith, Cathy Jeanne (Mrs. Gordon): Active 2005–2013
Smith, Diane: Active 2024+
Smith, Emogene Martin (Mrs. Dan W.): Active 1922–1927; Honorary 1927–1943, 1946–1951
Smith, Jane: Active 2023-2025
Smith, Susan Duffy (Mrs. Richard ‘Dick’): Active 2011+
South, Laurie (Mrs. Bernie): Active 2014+
Speer, Mary (Mrs. Lon): Active 1987–1991
Standifer, Amy Euwer Smith (Mrs. Robert Edwin Sr.): Active 1933–1943, 1947–1952; Assoc. 1946–1947, 1952–1959; 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Stephens, Emily Maurine (Mrs. W. Gerald): Active 1949–1950
Stevens, Mrs. Debbie: Active 1987–1989
Stewart, Kim (Mrs. Ron): Active 2011–2015
Stremmel, Iris (Mrs. Louis T.): Active 1981–1985
Sturges, Miss Lena E.: Active 1951–1952, 1952 BCHS Charter Member

T

Taylor, Bennie (Mrs. Sgt. J. Forrest Jr.): Active 2007–2010
Terrell, Bobbie Lee Felts (Mrs. Howard Garland): Active 1977–2001; Assoc. 2001–2011; Life 2011–2015
Thomas, R.: Active 1986
Thomas, Tempe: Active 2007–2011
Thwaites, Josephine N. (Mrs. Don): Active 1985–1995
Todd, Lucy (Mrs. Huffman, Frank): Active 2001–2007
Tomlin, Carlene (Mrs. Henry): Active 1999–2007, 2009–2017; Assoc. 2017+
Tracy, Cora Belle Motley (Mrs. Rev. James T.): Active 1922–1924
Treadwell, Joan (Mrs. Lloyd H.): Active 1973–1977
Trigg, Margaret Jones (Mrs. Kleber Miller Jr.): Active 1961–1963
Trigg, Mary Hubbard (Mrs. Kleber Miller Sr.): Active 1900–1906, 1907–1922; Assoc. 1906–1907, 1922–1923
Troublefield, Marjorie “Marge” Marie Cupples (Mrs. James Edward Jr.): Active 1975–1983
Tullis, Mary Elizabeth Galloway (Mrs. Robert Alanson Sr.): Active 1957–1963, 1965
Turner, Ava (Mrs. Clarence Edgar): Assoc. 1922–1923
Tye, Gwen Welch (Mrs. Carrol Keith): Active 1999–2011

U

Uptain, Brenda Herman (Mrs. George W. Jr.): Active 2015+

V

Voss, Dorothy (Mrs. William R.): Active 1989–1993

W

Walling, Pearl Parks (Mrs. Walter William): Active 1901–1904
Waugh, Anna Lucile Booth (Mrs. Alexander Calvin): Active 1934–1936, 1937–1939; Assoc. 1936–1937, 1946–1955
Waugh, Winnie Blackmon (Mrs. Robert McLuckie): Active 1921–1929, 1930–1937, 1939–1943, 1946–1958; Assoc. 1937–1939, 1960–1965; Life 1965–1973,1952 BCHS Charter Member
Weaver, Betty (Mrs. Charles F.): Active 1999–2013; Honorary 2013+
Webb, Dula Bell Fowler then Reynolds (Mrs. Pat King Webb): Active 1942–1943, 1946–1947
Wedding, Patty (Mrs. D. Michael): Active 2005–2007, 2009–2011
Welch, Miss Raylene: Active 2015+
Wellso, Carol (Mrs. Stanley): Active 1994–2001
West, Oline Annee Koenig (Mrs. Joel Levi): Active 1975–1987; Assoc. 1987–1998; Life 2003–2005
Wiginton, Joyce (Mrs. Lamar): Active 1989–2001, 2003–2005, 2009–2011
Wilkes, Donna (Mrs. Carl): Active 2015+
Wilkes, Miss Mae: Active 1900
Wilkin, Adele “Dele” Ruth Dickey (Mrs. Robert Francis “Bob”): Active 1955–1969
Wilkins, Jeanne Coulter (Mrs. James Rudolph “Rudy”): Active 1956–1960
Williams, Corre Ivey (Mrs. Leslie Dunn): Active 1935–1938
Williams, Mrs. Nancy J. Williams: Active 2013–2021
Williams, Major Ruth Williams (Mrs. Major Robert Dupree Jr.): Active 1977–1993
Wilson, June Hartnett (Mrs. Randy): Active 2011–2019
Worrell, Harriet Jessie Yelvington (Mrs. Charles William Jr.): Active 1986

Y

Young, Ivor Wilbarger (Mrs. Joseph Kleber Sr.): Active 1946–1956; Assoc. 1956–1967, 1952 BCHS Charter Member
Young, Pat (Mrs. Wayne): Active 2005–2011
Young, Ruth Eloise “Mama Ruth” Johnson (Mrs. Henry E.): Assoc. 1935–1937

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