Dorothy Mildred Best

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D. Mildred McLemore

June 4, 2005

Iowa Park- D. Mildred McLemore, 93, when home to be with her Lord on Thursday, Jun 2, 2005.

Servicesx will be 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Dutton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Kuykendall of Holliday, Texas, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Dutton Funeral Home.

A resident of Iowas Park for 54 years, Mildred was born to William Henry and Lorena Frances (Varner) Best in Kirkland, Texas. She grew up in the Kamay, Burkburnett, and Iowa Park areas. She married O. S. Buddy McLemore December 20, 1930, in Walters, Okla. Mildred worked for Piggly Wiggly Food Stores 18 years, retiring in 1972. She was a member of the First Baptist Chruch of Iowa Park for 54 years where she was dedicated to her church work, visiting shut-ins and home bounds doind that she could for them, always having a smile for everyone. Mildred was a member of hte TOPS Club for several yhears. She was preceded in death by her husband, two sons, J. W. and Jerry; three sisters; and two brothers.

Mrs. McLemore is survived by one son, Laurence McLemore and wife Helen of Iowa Park, sister, Syble Bodge of Moltonboro, N. H.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Iowa Park Healthcare Center or Hospice of Wichita Falls.

(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Dorothy married Oliver Spears "Buddy" McLemore on 20 Dec 1930 in Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma. Oliver (son of Keton Jessie McLemore and Emma Jeanette "E.J." Spears) was born on 28 Aug 1908 in Dublin, Erath County, Texas; died in Oct 1986 in Iowa Park, Wichita County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2. Jerry Dene McLemore was born on 9 Mar 1935 in Coleman County, Texas; died on 21 May 1970 in Bowie, Montague County, Texas.
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