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Julie Conley with her husband and grandchildren
Sister Act words Dwain Hebda IMAGEs courtesy AB Lewis Photography
THERE WAS NEVER a time growing up that Julie
“Mary Jane and I have always been close. Really close,”
Conley and Mary Jane Cobb had reason to feel alone.
Julie says brightly. “She’s my baby sister and the baby of the family.”
Filling two of the youngest three slots in a family of eight children—four boys and four girls—the Texas-born sisters
Distance, marriages, changing jobs and growing children did
were always in tow with siblings. Even today, in the sixth
nothing to dilute the bond between the two sisters, despite
decade of life, there’s still a protective tone that creeps into
Julie winding up in Arkansas and Mary Jane in Norman,
Julie’s voice as she talks about her sibling.
Oklahoma. Even the darkest event of their lives, ovarian cancer, found a connection there, binding them closer together. DOSOUTHMAGAZINE.COM
