Funeral services for Dorris Oleta Harrell will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Eddie Ailshie officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Mrs. Harrell passed away at the Granbury Care Center in Granbury, Texas.
She was born in O’Donnell, Texas, on March 4, 1923, to George and Christena Brown Parker.
Dorris was married to Freddie Harrell on Aug. 11, 1943, in Gulf Port, Miss. She was a member of the Early First Baptist Church and the Mary Garland Chapter of the D.A.R. Her hobbies were sewing, being involved with church activities, most of all she loved her family. Dorris was known for her sweet spirit and being a survivor in any situation.
Mrs. Harrell had lived in Brown County for 20 years. She has lived the past seven years in Granbury to be near her children.
Mrs. Harrell is survived by two daughters, Cleo Bales and Sheila and Mike Blackburn, both of Granbury, Texas. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Sondra Moore of Frisco, Texas, Cory Bales of White Oak, Texas, and Brittany Veron of Granbury, Texas; and six great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, one sister, son-in-law and one grandson.
Friends and relatives are encouraged to sign her online guest book at heartlandfuneralhome.net
Heartland Funeral Home of Early is in charge of arrangements.