Lawton, Sandra

Sandra Lawton
P.O. Box 326
Hico, TX 76457-0326

(254) 796-4408

slawton@embarqmail.com

After graduating in ‘58 I attended Texarkana Junior College, and then East Texas Baptist College.  I left college in 1960 and set out to see the world - Dallas!  Judy Caler and I were roommates.  I worked for Reserve Life Ins. Co. until I met and married Jody Lowery.  He was attending Midwestern University on an athletic scholarship, so we moved to Wichita Falls, where our only daughter was born.  I spent the next few years making ends meet for our family, until Jody graduated from college.  By then we had moved to Arlington, Texas.  When our daughter began school,  I entered nursing school.  After graduation I worked at Arlington Memorial Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit for several years.  Jody and I were divorced in 1978, but remain close friends.

The next few years, I worked in area hospitals before accepting a position  as Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster of Ft. Worth Country Day School.  This required frequent trips to Austin, and I always enjoyed taking the scenic route, Hwy 281.  This led me through the small town of Hico, Texas.  I was captured by the friendliness of the people.

In 1982, I purchased a 100 year old house in Hico, Texas.  It became my project over the next 8 years, every weekend was spent in Hico.  I really grew to love the people and the area, and in 1985, I moved to Hico, fully intending to “retire”.  It’s easy to get involved in things in a small town, and before I knew it, I had been elected to the city council.  I served one term on the council, and three terms as Mayor of Hico.  During this time,  I received appointments to State Boards, from Governor Bill Clements, and later from Governor Ann Richards.

In 1994, I had enjoyed all I could stand of the political world, and decided not to run for re-election.  I went home to my, by now, restored home, intending once again to “retire”.