Lou Alda Cardwell

Lou Alda (Ray) Cardwell, 72, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024 at her home in Aledo.

Visitation: 9 - 10 a.m. Tuesday July 23, 2024 in White’s Chapel of Memories, 130 Houston Ave., Weatherford.

Funeral Service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, 2024 White’s Chapel of Memories.

Private Interment: Newburg Cemetery in Newburg, Comanche County.

Lou was born September 20, 1951 in Mineral Wells, daughter of Marshall Wayne and Bobby Joyce (Burks) Ray. She met the love of her life, Phillip Allan Cardwell, and they were married on June 19, 1976. They would go on to spend 48 happy years together raising their family.

Lou spent many years in Social Work with the Texas Department of Human Services. She was the Mother’s Day Out Director for many years at First Baptist Church of Willow Park. 

Lou was an avid reader, enjoyed needlework, and loved to cook. She was also a gifted musician who loved to sing and could do so “like an Angel.” Of all the things that brought her joy in life, her first love was her family. Her grandchildren were the light of her life.

She is survived by her loving husband, Phillip Allan Cardwell; children, Bobbie Dotson (Christopher), Phillip Ray Cardwell (Shelby), and Christina Nicole Crabtree; grandchildren, Melissa, Susan, Richard, Hannah, Christian, Theodore, and Phillip Ford; brother, Marshall Wayne Ray (Charlotte); and numerous extended family members and friends.

Lou demonstrated abundant joy, generosity, love and kindness. She will be missed every single day, but her memory will live on forever.