Lula Vivian Stubbs passed away on May 20, 2005 at the age of 103. She was born on January 22, 1902, in a small farmhouse southeast of Blanco on Cox Road near Chimney Valley. Her parents were Lollie Thigpen and Robert Ernest Stubbs, Sr. She was the oldest child and was preceded in death by her parents and siblings: Drusilla Adele, Robert Ernest, Jr. (Beechum), and Clinton Howell (Punk).She graduated from Blanco High School in 1919 and attended San Marcos Normal for a six week course that earned her a teaching certificate. She then started teaching school for a short time in one room schoolhouses in the local communities of Blanco and A. Robinson. She then earned her teaching degree at Southwest Texas State Teachers College and began teaching in Buda in the 1920's. The majority of her 53 years of teaching elementary and middle school were spent at the old Palm School and Maplewood Middle School in Austin.She gradually earned her Masters degree in Education at the University of Texas in Austin attending summer school for many years. Without a car of her own until 1971, she traveled by bus from Johnson City on Sunday afternoons to a rented room on Exposition Blvd. in Austin. She taught each week and returned by bus on Friday afternoons to care for her father and brother, Punk.Upon her retirement in 1971, she built her first home and became known throughout the area for her meticulous yard filled with beautiful flowers that she cared for with minimal help from others. She did this even after she was declared legally blind in her early 90's. She was active in the Garden Club for many years and became a member of the Blanco United Methodist Church as a small child. She has been the Church's oldest member for many years. She will also be remembered for the delicious home cooked meals prepared for her family and especially for her ambrosia, rolls, pecan tarts, and chocolate birthday cakes.Although she never married or had children of her own, she touched many lives through her teaching. In letters from students found in her keepsakes, she was thanked for being the best teacher they ever had and for disciplining without being mean and therefore maintaining an atmosphere of learning.She will be remembered as a woman of great strength, pride and dignity by her nieces Jackie Stubbs Miller, of Johnson City, Suzanne Stubbs Hill of Austin, and nephew Dr. Clay Stubbs, of Johnson City along with numerous great nieces and nephews. Her whole family was blessed by her lifetime of giving and caring for others. She always put her family first.A memorial service will be held later at a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers please make donations in her honor to the Blanco United Methodist Church.