Leta Jane Norvell Boswell was born June 28, 1916, to John and Ealon Norvell in Stratford, Texas. She attended Mary Hardin Baylor University (then college) and Baylor Medical School and interned at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Since her retirement she had lived at Palo Duro Village in Canyon. Dr. Boswell left this life on January 4, 2004 at the age of 87 years. She was married to Edwin Boswell of Waco, and they became the parents of Mac Boswell. Widowed at a young age, Dr. Boswell returned to her hometown of Stratford to teach school and be near her family. With their encouragement she completed medical school and subsequently practiced with her father for a time. After Dr. Norvell"s death in 1946, Leta, Mrs. Norvell, and her grandmother, Mrs. Henderson, and Mac moved to Canyon where she began her long medical career during which she ministered to the aches and pains of hundreds of WT students, delivered probably thousands of babies and oversaw their growing up years and in literally hundreds of ways endeared herself to the community. Her close working relationship with Drs. Neblett and Nester and Canyon"s hospital is a matter of record. But possibly equally significant is the fact of her loving participation in the lives of their families, which truly created a lasting "family-ness" which continued until her death. Dr. Boswell was active in her service to the Lord through First Baptist Church, Canyon over the years, working at times in the nursery and later with foreign students as well as fulfilling numerous committee roles. Her son, Mac"s, death at an early age was a severe blow to Dr. Boswell. Perhaps the contributions she chose to make to the education of her nieces and a large number of other young men and women was her positive response to that loss. Some of the students who lived in her garage apartment became a part of her extended family. Sonny and Veronica Rayos of Austin have remained close over the years in a wonderful sense. Dr. Leta leaves behind nieces and nephews, Ann Blackwell Laster of Gonzales, Claude North Blackwell of East Bernard, and Willis Barfield Blackwell of Cuero as well as numerous great-nieces and nephews. She also has a cousin, Norval Payne of Dallas. Her husband, Edwin Boswell, her son Mac, her parents John and Ealon Norvell, her sister Velma Norvell Blackwell, a niece Bobby Jane Blackwell and a nephew John Norvell Blackwell, preceded her in death. Dr. Boswell had long ago chosen to give her body to medical science through Texas Tech University. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 17, 2004 at the First Baptist Church in Canyon. Memorials to First Baptist Church"s mission efforts or to Crown of Texas Hospice in Amarillo will be appreciated in lieu of flowers.