Annabelle C. Heine

Annabelle C. Heine, 83, passed away on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, with her family by her side.

A funeral service was held Saturday, March 2, at San Gabriel Christian Church. Burial followed in Lilac Cemetery.

Annabelle was born on March 29, 1940, to Evelyn and Allen Conn.

She was raised in San Gabriel and attended school there and later graduated from Thorndale High School. She went on to attend Mary Hardin University.

Annabelle worked as a kindergarten Mrs. Heine

teacher and later became a paralegal.

She met her husband, Bobby Heine, on Dec. 26, 1976. Bobby’s job led them to move to Jalisco, Mexico, with their granddaughter, Brittni. They spent 12 years in Mexico.

Annabelle loved to read and lay out in the sun.

After returning to Texas, attending her great-grandson’s football and basketball games were a must.

She will be remembered for how sweet and kind she was, also those few instances where her fiery retorts shocked everyone.

Annabelle was preceded in death by her sons, Michael Britt Hodge and Jeff Heine.

Survivors are her husband, Bobby Heine; sons Shannon Clay Hodge, Greg Heine and wife Connie; daughter Natalie Buick; grandchildren Michael Britt Hodge Jr., Bonnie Ortiz and husband Terry, Brittni Hodge, Dalton Hodge and wife Elise, Avery Heine and Riley Heine; and a sister, Peggy Seelig; also, 10 great-grandchildren and a greatgreat- grandson.