Dorothy was born on January 12, 1943 in Lake Worth Texas to Lloyd Elance Young and Ruby Mae Simmons Young.
Dorothy was a good Christian woman who put her faithfulness and love of God and family above all. She was a good wife, a blessing to have as a mother and a top notch grandmother. Those that knew her knew that she had a knack for cooking, she enjoyed doing it and everybody enjoyed eating the meals that she would prepare. Dorothy was a LVN by trade, but she also went to school to do cosmetology. In her youth she enjoyed going hunting and riding motorcycles, but as she got older she found slower paced hobbies in crocheting, drawing, reading, and doubling down on her cooking.
Dorothy is survived by her sons Wally Watkins and wife Tammy and Lloyd Watkins, and by a daughter Lisa Rich and husband Steve all of Colorado City, she is also survived by her grandchildren, Sherri Lieb and husband Jason of Snyder, Misti Lee and husband Tim of Clyde, Kim Thompson and husband Will of Abilene, Mary Beth Sanchez and husband Dustin of Stanton, Brandi Flannigan and husband Chris of Anson, and James Watkins of Colorado City, as well as by 13 great-grandchildren and by her four-legged child Buddy.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by her husband Carl Watkins who she married on September 6, 1958, by an infant brother, by an infant sister Jewel Young, and by her sister Virgie Renfro.
A funeral service for Dorothy will be held at New Life Bible Ministry on Thursday, December 5th at 2pm with Rev. James Williams officiating. The family will receive friends at Kiker Seale Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 4th from 5-7 pm.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation in her memory to St. Judes Children Hospital.
Those wishing may share a memory by visiting www.kikerseale.com
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