Annie Lee Warren

1895 - 1990  (94 years)

• Name	Annie Lee Warren  [1]
  Birth	24 Jun 1895	Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Apr 1990	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Biography from FindAGrave Annie Lee Warren Roberts, philanthropist and historical preservationist, was born in Terrell, Texas, in 1895, the only child of Annie (Cartwright) and state Senator Robert Lee Warren. Following graduation from high school in Terrell, Annie Lee attended Gunston Hall Women's College in Washington, D.C., and Monticello College in Geoffrey, Illinois. On May 15, 1920, she married Terrell native Summerfield G. Roberts, a fifth-generation Texan who was just beginning a business career in Dallas. As the couple prospered financially through his banking, oil, and real estate dealings, they jointly pursued interests that improved the cultural, social, and literary life of Dallas and Texas. Mrs. Roberts worked diligently to improve the plight of homeless pets and captive wildlife as well as to protect the animals in the wild. In 1984 she was a recipient of the Founders medal for extraordinary service to animals. In 1988, in association with the Animal Protection Institute and United Animal Nations-USA, she founded the Annie Lee Roberts Emergency Animal Rescue Service fund. She received the award for excellence for extraordinary achievement in animal rescue in 1988 and was the recipient of the animal philanthropist of the year award from the Animal Protection Institute in 1989. Her civic memberships included Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Dallas Garden Club. Preserving Texas history was an ardent interest she shared with her husband; in 1948 they established, through the Sons of the Republic of Texas, the Summerfield G. Roberts Award for the best work of history on early Texas. For her role in the creation of this monetary award, Mrs. Roberts subsequently was elected an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. She and her husband also were responsible for numerous artistic and literary gifts to the Hall of State in Dallas and the State Library and Archives Building in Austin. Later in her life, following the death of her husband in 1970, she established the Summerlee Foundation to provide funding for the protection of animals and the study and preservation of Texas history. In its efforts to preserve the state's history, the foundation underwrote the work of the Summerlee Commission, which in 1991 completed a comprehensive study of the status of teaching, studying and preserving Texas history. Annie Lee Warren Roberts died at her Dallas home on April 22, 1990, at the age of ninety-four, and was buried in Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas. She and her husband had no children. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
  Person ID	I38996	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Robert Lee Warren,   b. 29 Sep 1865, Harrison County, Texas d. 24 Mar 1952, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Annie Thompson "Annie T" Cartwright,   b. 28 Nov 1871, San Augustine County, Texas d. 21 Oct 1959, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F11871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Summerfield Griffith Roberts,   b. 17 Oct 1891, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas d. 3 Jan 1970, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F11870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jun 1895 - Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas Death - 22 Apr 1990 - Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial - - Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Sparkman Hilcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Reliability: 3).