Lula Mae Doss

Lula Mae DOSS, age 101, of Fort Worth, Texas passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022. Lula was born June 10, 1921 to the parentage of Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Minnie Pearl Knight-Wilson in Petty, Texas in Lamar County. Along with Lula 3 sisters: Johnie Mae Hughes, Willie Lee Fulbright (Paw Baby) and Tommie Wilson; and one brother, Clyde Wilson, were added to this blended family. Lula attended the Honey Grove Public Schools in fannin County. In 1939 Lula married the love of her life, Mr. Clifford Vernon Doss, in Honey Grove, Texas. To this union, one son was born, Clifford Vernon Doss, Jr. on July 12, 1040. In 1946 the young couple moved to Fort Worth, Texas and settled in the Greenway community, where they were one of the first families to purchase a home. In 1949, shortly after purchasing their home, a devastating flood occurred in Fort Worth, caused by a breech of the Trinity River dam. Their home was flooded with water reaching only about a foot from the roof. While waiting for the flood water in their home to recede and during the clean-up phase, they stayed with her oldest sister, Johnie and her husband, Robert. Lula was employed as a domestic engineer for many years until retirement. Her favorite hobby was fishing, which she enjoyed with her husband, family and friends, and gardening. Also, she had a real gift of gardening-growing plants, flowers and vegetables. Lula met the Lord and was baptized at an early age, but her most faithful dedicated work for the Lord commenced after in 1952, when she joined the Greenway Baptist Church under the pastorate of the late Reverend W. F Drake. Ushering was her passion and a gift from God. She worked faithfully as a Usher and later was promoted to President of the Usher Board. During her tenure as Usher President she organized a Junior Usher Board and Ushered untiringly at the Greenway Church for about 50 years. As Mother Doss walk with Christ grew and her knowledge of God's Word deepened Mother Doss became the Sunday School Teacher of the Adult Women's Class and a Missionary In her senior years, she organized a senior ladies fellowship, Hour of Power which met at her house. This fellowship was to keep the seniors encouraged through prayer and Bible study. Mother Doss loved her leaders and always regarded them highly, always endeavoring to please them and the Lord. She continued serving God, her leaders, and the people of God until her health failed, but she never stopped praying fervently at home and advising others on how to live right. Nother Lula Doss took her flight to meet the Lord and her Heavenly family quietly, September 5, 2022, from Pure Comfort Home (Respite Place), Dallas, Texas. She has gladly joined her parents, Mr. Daniel Wilson and Mrs. Minnie Pearl Fulbright; her husband of 55 years, Mr. Clifford Bernon Doss, Sr; her only child, Mr. Clifford Vernon Doss, Jr.; her oldest sister, Mother Johnie Mae Macklin; and her oldest grandson, Mr. Derrick Dwayne Doss. Mother Lula Doss, leaves to celebrate her ascension to paradise, two sisters; Willie Lee Jones, Sherman, Texas and Tommie McFalls, Amarillo, Texas; one brother, Clyde Wilson, Grand Prairie, Texas; two grandsons; Cedric and Clifford Vernon, III (Tanisha); one granddaughter; Valencia Lasonya (Lynn); 15 great-grandchildren; 36 great-great grandchildren; a special niece, Robin Macklin Anderson; a host of nieces and nephews; and the Greenway Church and community.

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