ABOUT US
Who is Granny Bib?
Vivian Johnson was born on November 9, 1903 in Marquez, Texas and lived to be the ripe 'ol age of 97. She was the youngest of six kids and the only girl! To her friends and extended family, Vivian was known as "Bib". An accomplished classical pianist, she studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, traveling all the way to Cincinnati alone on a train in the early 1920s - she was spunky! After returning to Texas, she married and had a daughter, also named Vivian. Sadly, not many years later her husband died following the Great Depression, leaving her to raise her daughter alone. She taught piano, played every gig in the county and enjoyed the simple life of small Texas town living, raising vegetables in her garden and cooking everything from scratch in her kitchen. Rumor has it she made the best chocolate cake in all of Leon County! Her daughter, Vivian, was blessed with three children ~ Debbie, Randy and Tamalyn, all of whom adored their "Granny". Tamalyn followed in her grandmother's footsteps and became a professional musician, but found later in life she loved baking with her children. It seemed only fitting to name our little cottage bakery after someone who loved her faith, her family, music and baking.
The Lawrence Crew
The Lawrence Crew is made up of Bob and Tamalyn Lawrence and their children, Gardner, Fulton, Frandsen and Graciene. Over the years, Tamalyn fell in love with baking, trying out different baked goods to pack in her kids' lunches and prepare for breakfast and family celebrations. Tam would have fleeting ideas of opening a small cottage bakery, but push them to the side to focus full time on being a wife, mom, music educator and cheerleader at her kids' activities. Then Covid happened. Time stopped and The Lawrence Crew baked their way right through it...literally! Tam and the kids tried out old family recipes, made more baked goods than they could count and had some good 'ol family time, with Bob being the head taste-tester. That time period reminded us of simpler times and family recipes brought back memories and stories to share and relive. It's our hope our family recipes will bring the same to you! Our family, and this bakery, is built on faith and prayer with the hope of serving others along our journey.
Granny Bib's Bakery
Granny Bib's Bakery is a cottage bakery located in the great state of Texas and operating under Texas Cottage Food laws and regulations. Our baked goods are made in a home kitchen with known food allergens, including but not limited to: eggs, wheat, dairy, nuts, soy and nut extracts. If you have a food sensitivity, we strongly recommend you purchase your baked goods from a certified bakery specializing in recipes made safely just for you. While we do our very best to keep our ingredients separate, it is highly likely there is cross contamination in our kitchen. Because we are a cottage bakery, we are not inspected by the Department of State Health Services or a local health department.
Vivian Johnson was born on November 9, 1903 in Marquez, Texas and lived to be the ripe 'ol age of 97. She was the youngest of six kids and the only girl! To her friends and extended family, Vivian was known as "Bib". An accomplished classical pianist, she studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, traveling all the way to Cincinnati alone on a train in the early 1920s - she was spunky! After returning to Texas, she married and had a daughter, also named Vivian. Sadly, not many years later her husband died following the Great Depression, leaving her to raise her daughter alone. She taught piano, played every gig in the county and enjoyed the simple life of small Texas town living, raising vegetables in her garden and cooking everything from scratch in her kitchen. Rumor has it she made the best chocolate cake in all of Leon County! Her daughter, Vivian, was blessed with three children ~ Debbie, Randy and Tamalyn, all of whom adored their "Granny". Tamalyn followed in her grandmother's footsteps and became a professional musician, but found later in life she loved baking with her children. It seemed only fitting to name our little cottage bakery after someone who loved her faith, her family, music and baking.
The Lawrence Crew
The Lawrence Crew is made up of Bob and Tamalyn Lawrence and their children, Gardner, Fulton, Frandsen and Graciene. Over the years, Tamalyn fell in love with baking, trying out different baked goods to pack in her kids' lunches and prepare for breakfast and family celebrations. Tam would have fleeting ideas of opening a small cottage bakery, but push them to the side to focus full time on being a wife, mom, music educator and cheerleader at her kids' activities. Then Covid happened. Time stopped and The Lawrence Crew baked their way right through it...literally! Tam and the kids tried out old family recipes, made more baked goods than they could count and had some good 'ol family time, with Bob being the head taste-tester. That time period reminded us of simpler times and family recipes brought back memories and stories to share and relive. It's our hope our family recipes will bring the same to you! Our family, and this bakery, is built on faith and prayer with the hope of serving others along our journey.
Granny Bib's Bakery
Granny Bib's Bakery is a cottage bakery located in the great state of Texas and operating under Texas Cottage Food laws and regulations. Our baked goods are made in a home kitchen with known food allergens, including but not limited to: eggs, wheat, dairy, nuts, soy and nut extracts. If you have a food sensitivity, we strongly recommend you purchase your baked goods from a certified bakery specializing in recipes made safely just for you. While we do our very best to keep our ingredients separate, it is highly likely there is cross contamination in our kitchen. Because we are a cottage bakery, we are not inspected by the Department of State Health Services or a local health department.