Pat Stowers died in May. I don’t understand how. How could anyone that beautiful pass away, how does the world let this happen? Pat Stowers was beautiful, adorable, wonderful, lovable, and in her natural habitat, followed everywhere by at the very least, five dogs.
Everyone loved her so there will be reams of better people and writers than I remembering her.
I will remember her in her home, followed by five or perhaps fifty (yappy little dogs make it seem that way), dogs. Each had their own rescue story and years of residency. Every move she made was recorded, discussed, and responded to by the pack of dogs surrounding her feet as she moved effortlessly towards dinner for us all.
I have a tightness in my throat and an anger at the cosmos for allowing such a woman to leave.
I so hope there is a heaven because if there is I am sure she went from passing away surrounded by friends and pets, to a heaven where all the hundreds of animals she loved, cared for and mourned were there to greet her.
This hurts.
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Patricia Ann (Pat) Stowers of Cedar Hill Died May 20
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May 28, 2025
Patricia Ann (Pat) Stowers, 81, died May 20, 2025 at her home in Cedar Hill, Texas, where she had been battling bone marrow cancer. Wife of author/journalist Carlton Stowers, she was an award-winning photographer and artist, a respected teacher, and enjoyed preparing holiday meals for her family and baking wedding cakes for friends.
Pat and her husband were married 45 years. She is survived by two sons, Guy and Andy Cruce, grandchildren Price, Payton and McLean, sisters Mary Beth Broughton and Cindy Lester, and brother Jim Folks.
Though she never viewed photographer as a profession, many of her pictures were published in non-fiction books, magazines and newspapers. When friend-screenwriter Jennifer Miller was nominated for an Emmy but was unable to attend the nationally televised awards show, producers used one of Pat’s photos on the telecast. And when her husband’s literary agent Janet Manus’ obituary was published in the New York Times, it was accompanied by a picture taken by Pat.
She illustrated two children’s books: Maggie at the Gage (written by sister-in-law Laurie Stowers) and The Miracle of Island Girl (by Stephen Gage). She regularly won recognition in the annual State Fair of Texas photography competition.
Before her illness, she served for several years as a highly respected substitute teacher in the Venus (Texas) Independent School District.
It was her request that there be no funeral or memorial service.
