Judy Staggs Person, age 81 of Stockdale, Texas, passed away on August 5, 2025. Judy was born on December 5, 1943 in Nixon, Texas to Jonnie (Anderson) and Harry Staggs. Raised in Stockdale, she was a 1962 graduate of Stockdale High School and enjoyed lifelong friendships with many of her classmates. Judy lived in Cuero, Seguin, and Jasper before returning to her hometown of Stockdale in 1975. She was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church. She began playing the piano there in her teens and was still playing it regularly at the time of her death. Other than family, her piano ministry was the joy of her life, particularly all of the musicians she played with over the course of seven decades.

Judy is preceded in death by her husband Jimmy Person, her parents, her brother Larry Staggs,

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