Extracted from The Alice Echo-News Journal (Alice, TX)
McCarty
BANDERA, Texas -- Dorothy McCarty, 86, of Bandera, Texas, died on Friday, May 18, 2007, at a Bandera nursing center. She was born on Feb. 7, 1921, in Sayre, Okla., to Marcellus McCarty and Annie Bryant McCarty.
She was a retired retail bookkeeper. She owned and operated a distribution company in Alice for many years. She lived in Oklahoma for 10 years before moving back to Bandera in 2000. She married Werner Frank Raab in 1938. He preceded her in death, along with her sister, Oneita Riggs.
Survivors include two sons, Howard Raab of Bandera and Harvey Frank Raab of Pearsall; seven grandchildren; 12 greatgrandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Monday, May 21, 2007, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Grimes Funeral Chapels in Bandera.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Roselawn Cemetery in Alice, Texas, with Brother Charles Childers officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 1919 Oakwell Farms Pkwy., Suite 135, San Antonio, Texas, 78218.
The family invites you to send condolences at www.grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the ``Send Condolences'' link.
Arrangements entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Bandera.
Monday, May 21, 2007