Dorothy Cope Waddell

DOROTHY WAS BORN IN COLEMAN, TEXAS ON AUGUST 12th, 1927. SHE STUDIED AND RECEIVED HER GED IN MIDLAND, TEXAS FROM MIDLAND COLLEGE IN THE EARLY 1980'S. DOROTHY WAS MARRIED TO WILLIAM JAMES WADDELL ON JUNE 2nd, 1946. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 48 YEARS.

DOROTHY WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS FOR JENKINS MANUFACTURING FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN COLEMAN, BEFORE MOVING TO LAMESA, TEXAS, WHERE SHE WORKED AT THE SEWING FACTORY LOCATED THERE. LATER MOVING TO MIDLAND, TEXAS WHERE SHE WORKED AS SUPERVISOR FOR LEVI'S FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL.

SHE ENJOYED FAMILY GATHERINGS AND REUNIONS, AS WELL AS PLAYING CARDS AND DOMINOS WITH FRIENDS.

DOROTHY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER ONLY SON, JAMES DARRELL WADDELL, ON APRIL 14th, 1971, WHILE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM IN VIET NAM. HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM JAMES WADDELL, PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 18th, 1994. SHE ALSO LOST HER 1ST GREAT GRANDSON, JUSTIN TYLER RAFF, ON JULY 14th, 2006. DOROTHY'S PARENTS, WILLIAM DAN & ELVA COPE, AS WELL AS ONE BROTHER, JIGGS COPE. HER LIFELONG FRIEND, BILL DRAKE DEMPSEY, JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.

DOROTHY IS SURVIVED BY FOUR DAUGHTERS, BRENDA FULLER, OF MIDLAND, BARBARA JAMES, OF LUBBOCK, SANDRA CALHOUN, OF MIDLAND, AND REBECCA GRANTHAM OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS. DOROTHY LEAVES BEHIND 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. SHE HAS ONE SURVIVING BROTHER AND FIVE SISTERS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

A VISITATION WILL BE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 2014, FROM 5 PM TILL 7 PM IN MIDLAND, TEXAS AT ELLIS FUNERAL HOME 801 ANDREWS HIGHWAY MIDLAND, TEXAS. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DOROTHY ARE AT 3:30 PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 2014 IN COLEMAN, TEXAS AT ALLCORN FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 401 SOUTH COMMERCIAL AVE. COLEMAN, TEXAS. DOROTHY WILL BE LAID TO REST AT COLEMAN CITY CEMETARY, NEAR HER HUSBAND AND HER SON, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SERVICES.

THE FAMILY OF DOROTHY WADDELL WISHES TO THANK THE VFW #4149 OF MIDLAND, TEXAS FOR THEIR MANY PRAYERS AND WELL WISHES DURING OUR TIME OF SADNESS, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THANK YOU ALL!