Roll Call Tribute

Rose Ann (Shirley) Springfield 

September 4, 1963 - December 3, 2024 

Rose Ann Shirley Springfield ‘84 of Bryan, TX passed away December 3, 2024. Rose was born on September 4, 1963, at Fort Benning, GA to Jeff Shirley, Jr. and Katherine (Keaton) Shirley. She was an academic advisor at Blinn College in Bryan and a member of the First Baptist Church of Bryan.

While attending Texas High School, Texarkana, TX, she was active in FFA, receiving the Lone Star Farmer Degree, the highest degree awarded by the Texas FFA Association. Rose grew up fishing with her family and helping her father manage their cattle herd.

Upon graduating high school, she attended Texas A&M University where she finished a four-year degree in Agricultural Business Management in three and one-half years. She had a love for all things Texas A&M, especially Aggie football.

She married Clark Springfield, III ’84 on June 23, 1984, and proceeded to follow him across Texas and the U.S., as his career progressed, moving 27 times in their 40 years of marriage. Upon moving back to Bryan in 2017, she found joy in managing their herd of meat goats and helping Clark with their stocker cattle operation. She looked forward each week to their Friday date nights when she would help Clark check on their cattle.

With family roots in south Louisiana, she loved to “pass a good time.” One of her joys was to gather with her family at their camp on Toledo Bend for fishing, fireworks, fried fish, and a crawfish boil accompanied by friendly banter about LSU, Arkansas, and Aggie football.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Rose was held Saturday December 21 at the First Baptist Church of Bryan. Dr. Tim Watson, Baptist General Convention of Texas, officiated. The Business Men’s Bible Class of the First Baptist Church in Bryan served as honorary pallbearers