Preceded in death by her parents and husband, Charles Darwin, she was born in Enigma, Georgia, on February 27, 1919, to Flora and Neil McPhaul. She was the youngest of eleven children. With the encouragement of her brother, J.D. McPhaul, Kathleen moved to Lubbock, Texas, to attend Texas Technological College in 1938. Charles and Kathleen met while Charles was an airman at Lubbock Army Air Base and they married on June 3, 1942.

She is survived by her four children, their spouses, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. They are: son, Charles Williams Darwin, Jr. and his wife Patricia of Dallas, Texas, Joseph and Dawn Kathleen Darwin Weaks, Arwen Ruth and Samuel Allen of Raytown, Kansas, Charles Robert and Molly Darwin, Abigail Kathleen, Audrey Claiborne and Charles Edward of Cumming, Georgia; daughter, Kathleen Elizabeth Daniel and her husband Jimmy, Rhett and Cari Lyn Parker, Krista Kathleen of Sherman, Texas; daughter, Vivian Louise Pendleton and her husband Jerry of Levelland, Texas, Timothy Kyle of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; son, Howard McPhaul Darwin and his wife Patti, Emily Christine of Lubbock, Texas.

Kathleen and Charles were committed members and leaders in the First Baptist Churches of the three cities in which they lived their lives, Lubbock, Lamesa, and Brownfield. A Lover of the arts, Kathleen enjoyed playing the piano and organ as well as singing. She loved to serve others and inspired all whom she knew to be confident of being loved by her Lord Jesus Christ and to serve Him. She taught her children to be avid readers, to love Truth and to seek education in order to serve the Church and live to the fullest.

Graveside services were held Monday, May 14, at 10:30 am in Terry County Memorial Cemetery followed by a Worship Service celebrating the gift of her life at 11:30 am in the Chapel of First Baptist Church, Brownfield, Texas.

Preferred memorials are suggested to the Scottish Rite Learning Center of Lubbock, Texas or books to your church library.

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