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Julia Marie Womack (née Burkhalter) died on Sunday morning on 9 November 2025 at her home on her sister Patricia Woehl’s and nephew Bennett Woehl’s homestead in San Angelo, Texas. Julia was a mother to two sons, Michael Farris and Daniel Farris, a grandmother to six grandchildren, Jonna Key (and husband Max), Dalton Farris, Coy Farris, Anthony King Farris, Amelia Farris, Daphne Farris, and great-grandmother to two great-grandchildren, Moody Key and Anthony Kaius Farris, Julia being impassioned and devoted to all. She is survived by all above and preceded by her parents and her nephew, Sterling Woehl.
She grew up in Gordo, Alabama, and San Angelo, Texas, the daughter of Edgar Burkhalter and Mable Burkhalter (née Windle) and sister to Pat. Julia graduated from Lake View High School in San Angelo, TX, and Radiologic Technology school in Wichita Falls, TX. She married Lloyd Farris in San Angelo, and, after Lloyd’s service to the United States Navy ended that took them to the New England seaboard for several years, they relocated to San Angelo with their sons, Michael and Daniel. In San Angelo, she began a long career in radiologic technology and, after moving to California with her late husband, David Womack, resettled again in San Angelo. She and her best friend since the 7th grade, Linda Burrows, were thick as thieves, and they sustained a wonderful friendship for decades until Ms. Burrows’s sudden passing in 2015.
Julia loved spending time reading, having meals and holidays with her family, arguing with her relatives about what was best for her health and theirs, visiting the Tom Green Library, and opining about everyone’s business (with love, Mom :)). Julia loved cookbooks and sharing endless recipes via texting and Facebook with her family. She was a Christian who grew up playing gospel piano, having a knack for transposing at sight multiple flats and sharps keys to simpler keys (a feat most pianists would love to have), and she found love and compassion for all in her interaction with them.
Julia was ever thoughtful and loving of her friend, Linda, her various generations of loved ones who preceded and followed her, be they blood or not (Steven and Rianne Womack), her friends in music (Ken Hughes), and her various pets she had through the years (Troubles, Shem, Puff, and many others). She will be missed.
The family thanks Johnson’s Funeral Home for the use of the visitation room on Wednesday, 12 November, and thanks Wall Brethren Church and Reverend Tommy Tallas for their generosity and support of Julia’s surviving family in their time of loss.