Dorothy Fay Haney

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 2:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14th, at the Petty Baptist Church with Rev. James Barnes officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

Dorothy, the sixth child and only daughter of Lee Davis Ridley & Josie Mae Nelson Ridley, was born Nov. 18, 1933, in a log cabin in the woods of Choctaw County, Oklahoma.

She lived a long & blessed life and strived to always help others.

She was a member of the Petty Baptist Church, where on September 2, 1951, she married James Haney, and on September 2, 2001, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Following their marriage in 1951, the couple moved to Ft. Worth where Dorothy graduated from Trimble Tech High School. She then went to work for the Telco Credit Union and worked eleven years. Then the couple moved back to an old farm house east of Petty in 1977. Dorothy began working at the Campbell Soup Credit Union in Paris where she worked 17 years, retiring in 1998. After retirement she became the secretary/treasurer for the Hickory Grove Cemetery Association and was the church clerk and treasurer for the Petty Baptist Church. She spent many hours doing research and working on genealogy. After some time in retirement, she went back to work part-time with the Fannin Federal Credit Union in Bonham and also served as the Post Mistress of the Petty Post Office.

Survivors include her husband of 68 years, James Haney, two daughters, Pam Vaughan & husband Tommy of Longview and Linda Tolliver of Lake Fork, a son, Larry Haney of Brookston, five grandchildren; Laura McDowra of Longview, Stephanie Bigler & husband Michael of Longview, Aynslee Mosely & husband Brent of Aubrey, Angela English of Petty and George Haney of Seattle, WA, eight great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren, a brother, Paul Ridley & wife Wincie of Terrell along with numerous nieces & nephews and a host of friends.

Casket bearers will be: Anthony English, Kyle Smith, Michael Bigler, George Haney, Joe Atchley, and Tommy Vaughan.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Hickory Grove Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 538, Roxton, TX 75477 or the Petty Baptist Church, P. O. Box 196, Petty, TX 75470.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Alpine House Assisted Living in Longview for the care given their loved one, and to Heart to Heart Hospice and Mrs. Haney’s nurse, Debbie, for the attention given during her last days.