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Submitted: 7/27/20 • Approved: 7/27/20 • Last Updated: 7/30/20 • R337276-G337275-S3
October 8, 1914 - April 9, 2006
Denton Record-Chronicle - (Apr/11/2006)
Obituary
Dorothy Lackey Merrell
Dorothy Lackey Merrell, lifelong resident of Floyd County, passed away at the Longmeadow Healthcare Center in Justin on April 9, 2006, at the age of 91. A proud member of a pioneer Floyd County family, Dorothy Lackey was born in Cedar Hill to Roscoe Lee and Edna Lee Codgill Lackey on Oct. 8, 1914. She graduated from Lockney High School in 1932.
On Nov. 13, 1933, she married Walter Fred Merrell of Flomot. They lived in Cedar Hill and Grey Mule. In 1941 they moved to Channing, where they lived for 11 years before returning to Floyd County. Walter farmed in the Aiken Community and then in Cedar Hill. Dorothy worked at the Krum Medical Clinic and in the Floydada Hospital for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lockney, and active in many projects over the years.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Fred and Barbara Merrell and daughter Carolyn Merrell Jones of Denton; four grandchildren, Joe and Kathy Merrell Hamilton of Hong Kong, China, Nick and Hettie Merrell of Watauga, Py and Cayleen Merrell Kolb of Argyle and John and Jayme Jones Sutton of Savannah, Ga.; four great-grandchildren, Dustin and Krystin Merrell and Jason Merrell of Haltom City, Justin Hamilton of Oklahoma City, and Barbara-Scott Kolb of Argyle.
Dorothy spent the last two years of her life at Longmeadow Care Center in Justin. She enjoyed playing bingo and as she said they "worked her like a dog, keeping the place going." She was popular among the residents and enjoyed hosting ice cream and cake socials on Saturday after the bingo games.
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