Dolores Wyatt

Visitation will be held on Monday, June 30 from 5-7pm, and funeral services will take place at 10am on Tuesday July 1, 2025, at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan, Texas. Interment will follow at Bryan City Cemetery.

Dolores began her life journey as the youngest of seven children, born on July 28, 1935, in Somerville, Texas, to Mary Lou and Julian Guy Houston. She graduated from Somerville High School, where she was the valedictorian of the class of 1953. She was a cheerleader and a four-year basketball letterman. She loved her alma mater, who were the Somerville Yegua Indians. Often she would entertain her family, caregivers and friends by performing her cheers and yells from her cheerleading days. After she graduated from high school, she went on to earn a degree from McKenzie Baldwin Business College.

In 1953, Dolores met Ted Wyatt. They married in 1956 in Somerville and began their life together in Bryan, Texas, on Woody Lane. In September 1957, their first children were born—identical twin daughters, Jennifer and Janet. They welcomed another child, their youngest daughter, Suzanne, who was born in 1963. Dolores returned to work as a secretary at Texas A&M University after the birth of the twins. Once all three girls were in school, she gave back to the community by volunteering as a Pink Lady at St. Joseph Hospital. She also used her bookkeeping skills to assist her husband in his business, Ted Wyatt Concrete Contracting.

In 1972, Ted and Dolores purchased Ed Garner's Sporting Goods on University Drive and renamed it Wyatt’s Sporting Goods. Under their leadership, the business thrived and expanded to three local stores. Dolores was affectionately and respectfully referred to as “the boss” by her employees and sometimes others. Dolores became a strong and capable businesswoman, managing all aspects of the stores’ operations.

After the sale of the retail stores, Mrs. Wyatt accompanied her husband, Ted Wyatt, as he competed on the Pro BASS circuit, supporting him and meeting many new friends in this adventure. In their retirement, they traveled to many places in the USA for Ted’s fishing tournaments. She also spent many days at their Camp Creek property, with Ted fishing and her enjoying the peace, beauty and quiet of life by the lake.

Dolores was a deeply spiritual woman with a heart for worship and prayer. She was a devoted prayer warrior and provided personal prayer for many people. She served on the prayer team at Aldersgate United Methodist Church and other committees. She traveled with and served on the board of Renewal Ministries, a national prayer ministry that teaches and promotes prayer in churches of all denominations. She spent her retirement years alongside Ted, volunteering with Save Our Streets Ministries, a local street outreach. She grew during this time in her faith through knowledge and experience. She loved her church and served the body of Christ faithfully. Dolores was a person who especially valued justice, righteousness and the Holy Spirit. She was known for her unwavering stance on her convictions. She spent time advocating for those in vulnerable situations and through her compassion, service, and steadfast prayers, she touched and influenced many lives.

In her later years, Dolores stayed closer to home, where she found comfort in the companionship of her pets. Her favorite four-legged friend was a beloved cat named Flag.

The family would like to publicly acknowledge the loving and faithful care of her caregivers for the last few years of her life, Annie Waldon and Ruby Caldwell.

She is survived by three daughters, Jennifer and husband Joel Sadler, of Bryan, Janet and husband William Cross, of College Station and Suzanne Ousley of Bryan. She is survived by seven grandchildren, Lee Cross, Katie Cross, Ted Wyatt Cross, Jordan Sadler and wife Azzia, Jacob Sadler, Annalise Ousley, Ian Ousley; as well as two great-grandchildren Emily and Steele Sadler.

Those wishing to honor Dolores Wyatt may contribute to SOS Ministries at P.O. Box 2866, Bryan, TX 77805.