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In Memorium
Founder of Natives of Texas
Betty Streetman Winningham
11/12/1942 - 08/29/2003
Natives of Texas was the culmination of a life's dream for its founder Betty Streetman Winningham. Since childhood Betty's passion was plants. After 30 years of teaching algebra she turned her avocation into a retirement vocation. Her love of plants allowed her to surmount the trials of living with cancer for 39 years and the nursery and her love of Hill Country native plants gave her strength to the end. Her husband and nursery man continue her tradition so others can experience the same joys she saw in plants. Her ashes were mixed in with 2 of her beloved Madrone trees in a memorial site overlooking her nursery. Come visit with her and see the beauty she saw in the Texas hill country.
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Barbara Banks
The last time I had heard news of Betty, she had just passed the 10 year mark being cancer free and was given permission by her doctors to have a baby. That was what she had hoped for more than anything for 10 years. And once again, as with Gaye, I totally wasn't in touch with her and only learned of her death reading the In Memory section of our website.
I would love to visit her nursery in the Hill Country and see the Madrone trees she so loved. I've looked at the website for the nursery many times lately. She made a huge impact developing and growing Texas Natives. If you haven't visited the website, it's worth visiting.
She was a lovely, kind person and one to be remembered forever.
Barbara