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Dorothy Lee Drawhorn

Female 1952 - 2018  (66 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Lee Drawhorn  [1, 2
    Birth 19 Aug 1952  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Dec 2018  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
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    • She married John WOODRUFF, and in January 2011 they were residing in Houston.

      Dorothy Lee Woodruff, age 66, passed from this life on earth on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas surrounded by several members of her immediate family.

      Dorothy was born on August 19, 1952 in San Augustine, Texas to Ira B. (Jr.) Drawhorn and Audrey Lee (Birdwell) Drawhorn. Dorothy was a loving and supportive wife, daughter, sister and aunt.

      Dorothy attended San Augustine public schools and was a 1972 graduate. She went on to attend Massey Business College in Nacogdoches.

      Dorothy married the love of her life, John Stephen Woodruff and lived in Houston, Texas from 1977 until her death. John and Dorothy were married 41 years on December 10, 2018.

      She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and loved to be out in nature observing God's creation. She attended the Living Church of God in Cypress, Texas and loved her church family. Nobody had to ask Dorothy about her walk with God '96 it was evident in the way she lived her life.

      An elder sister, Rosa Louise; a niece, Priscilla Sharpton, and her parents, "Jr" and Audrey Drawhorn, preceded her in death.

      Dorothy is survived by her husband, John; sister Naomi, Sharpton, sister Glenda Walker, sister Gail Edgar and husband Raymond, sister Eva Weeks and husband James; sister Juanita Ward and Ronnie; several nieces and nephews; beloved aunts and uncles, and cousins.

      Her church family held a memorial service on December 15, 2018 in Houston, Texas. A private memorial for family and close friends will be held in the spring with burial of the cremains in the family cemetery.

      Crematory services are under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

      A special thank you for all the prayers and to Dr. Kanaan (oncologist) and his staff; Cathryn Brown, PA; Dr. Lilit Sargsyan, Dr. Jung, nurse Neal, and other medical staff of Memorial Hermann and St. Lukes Hospitals as well as the team of Harbor Hospice (namely Chioma) who provided excellent care for our sister, friend, neighbor and wife.

      Donations can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society @ LLS.org or to a charity of your choosing in Dorothy's honor. Dorothy loved nature so Sierra Club, Texas Conservation Alliance, Audubon Society are certainly worthy causes and she would be appreciative.

      (Downloaded from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home website)
      Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, January 9, 2019, page 5
    Person ID I34073  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2019 

    Father Ira Bell Drawhorn, Jr.,   b. Abt 1920, Sexton, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 2011, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Mother Audrey Lee Birdwell,   b. 29 Sep 1921, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 2000, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 15 Oct 1943  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Aug 1952 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Dec 2018 - Houston, Harris County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.).

    2. [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), January 9, 2019, page 5 (Reliability: 3).