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Lydia Augusta ANDERSON DUPREE

Denver City Memorial Cemetery
Yoakum County,
Texas

Lydia Augusta
February 11, 1909-October 11, 2003

Burton J. “Jake”
April 19, 1902-May 25, 1973

Married June 14, 1931

*Obituary for Lydia
MIDLAND - Lydia Augusta Dupree Richey, 94, died Oct. 11, 2003, at her home in Midland. A memorial service will be Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. at the Chapel at Manor Park, with Rev. Bob Hopkins, Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Denver City Memorial Park. Mrs. Richey will lie in state at the funeral home until 9 a.m. Tuesday.

She was born Feb. 11, 1909, in Rising Star, Texas, to Rev. Ed Anderson and Virginia Ann Cooper Anderson. She attended public school in Rising Star, Cross Cut, May and Bronte. She joined the Methodist Church when she was seven years old and continued to be an active member all her life. She graduated Salutorian from Bronte High School in 1926 and attended McMurray College, where she was president of the Student Self Government Organization and belonged to Alpha Theta Mu. After three years and a summer she graduated from college and started her teaching career in Pioneer, Texas, in the fall of 1929. While teaching there, she met and married Burton Jacob Dupree. They were blessed with two children, Burton and Karen. In 1939, Jake was transferred to Denver City with Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company. In 1942 she began her teaching career again in Denver City where she was very active in the Methodist Church and in civic affairs. A member of Delta Kap- pa Gamma, she represented Denver City at several state and national conventions. She also belonged to Eastern Star. In 1973 she lost her husband Jake.

After 32 years of teaching, she retired in 1974 and began traveling. She traveled to several countries including Canada, Panama, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hawaii, Israel, Venezuela, Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Syria, Jordan, Holland, Belgium, Caribbean islands, Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, and Greece. In 1977, she moved to Lubbock where she met and married Dr. Granville Richey, a retired Army Lt. Colonel. They lived in McAllen and Ruidoso, N.M., and later bought a home in Manor Park, a retirement community in Midland. Granville passed away Dec. 21, 1991.

She is survived by a son, Burton Dupree of Menlo Park, Calif.; a daughter, Karen Westbrook of Midland; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to Manor Park, 2208 N. Loop 250 West, Midland, TX 79707. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of Midland. Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com . Source: www.npwelch.com

Contributed on 4/27/20 by neldapat
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Submitted: 4/27/20 • Approved: 4/27/20 • Last Updated: 4/30/20 • R306091-G306090-S3

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