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Submitted: 4/10/21 • Approved: 7/30/21 • Last Updated: 8/2/21 • R407592-G0-S3
1877 - November 17, 1940, Waco, Bell County, Texas
*Obituary
FORMER RESIDENT OF CAMERON BURIED HERE
Henry Dorrah, 63, former resident of Cameron, died in a Waco hospital at 12:45 p. m. Sunday as result of injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile driven by Cecil Shelby of Waco Tuesday night.
Mr. Dorrah was reared in Cameron and operated the Brooks dairy here for a number of years. At the time of his death he was living in Waco.
Funeral services were held at the grave in Oak Hill Cemetery in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron at 9:30 a. m. Monday with Rev. T. D. McCrary, pastor of the Methodist church of Buckholts, officiating.
Surviving are three sisters, Miss Ida Dorrah, teacher in the public schools of Dallas; Mrs. J. A. Bass and Mrs. A. T. Ray of Breckenridge; and one brother, J. E. Dorrah of Grosbeck.
His death was the twelfth from traffic accidents in Waco for the year.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 21 Nov 1940, Thu, Page 1
Family Members
Parents
Rebecca Elizabeth Brooks Dorroh
1849-1900
Siblings
Ida Elizabeth Dorroh
1871-1956
Rhoda L. Dorroh Bass
1875-1955
Nettie Dorroh Ray
1880-1971
Jesse Robert Dorroh
1881-1941
John S. Dorroh
1883-1883
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