Extracted from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Dorothy McDowell Heady

Dorothy L. McDowell Heady, 81, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.

Celebration of life: 2 p.m. Monday in Brown Owens & Brumley's Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth. Visitation: The family will receive friends and relatives 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Dorothy was born Feb. 26, 1926, in Winnfield, La., to the late Jim and Ella Tullos Redd. On June 26, 1956, she married Lloyd W. McDowell. They were blessed with three children, Lynelle, Sharon and Paul. Capt. McDowell, who was retired from the Air Force, passed away Nov. 8, 1985. On April 7, 1990, she married Ray E. Heady. Ray passed away May 7, 2002.

Her children would like to thank the staff at Plaza Medical and Odyssey Healthcare for their kindness.

Survivors: Her children and their families, all of Fort Worth, Lynelle Dye (Phillip), Sharon Peebles (John) and Paul McDowell (Laura); grandchildren, Leah, Phillip and Seth Peebles and Mallory and MacKenzie McDowell; sister, Laverne Hutchinson of Magnolia, Ark.; numerous nieces and nephews; her stepchildren, Duane Heady, Darlene Franklin, Carolyn Williams, Glenda Laney, Marilyn Hanna and Cindy Love; and numerous stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren.