Extracted from The Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Sunday, July 4, 2010

Dot Arnold Ezell

Dot Arnold Ezell, age 90, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2010.

Mrs Ezell's funeral will be at 3pm, Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Benbrook, 1015 McKinley, Benbrook, Texas.

Burial will be Wednesday in the Hemphill Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas.

Mama Dot was born January. 7, 1920, in Shep, Texas. She moved to Kermit, Texas in 1936 and married Woody Arnold in 1941. They lived in numerous west Texas towns as well as Denver, Colorado before settling in Midland, Texas in 1959. They moved to Benbrook, Texas in 1975.

She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Benbrook.

Mama Dot was a loving, kind, generous matriarch who welcomed everyone into her home with a warm smile and a delicious meal. Her strong faith and positive attitude leaves behind a legacy of love and blessings to all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Woodrow W. Arnold in 1979, her second husband, Beekman Ezell in 1999, two brothers and three sisters.

Survivors are her son Tom Arnold and wife, Dr. Nicki Arnold, of Plano, Texas, daughter, Cherry Arnold Whigham and husband, David, of Kermit, daughter, Ginger Arnold Leeper of Benbrook, son, Dr. Charles Arnold of Midwest City, Oklahoma, stepdaughters, Candy Ezell Rust and husband, Dr. Ron Rust of Bryan, Texas and Dee Ezell Fanelli of Mesa, Arizona.

Her grandchildren are Brandon Arnold and wife, Meredith, Kristofer Arnold, Melinda Piercefield and husband, D.J., Matt Whigham, Tara Albertson and husband, Jason, Gatlin Arnold and McKeever Arnold, great-grandchildren, Alexis, Rowan, Cannon, Cooper and Ethan Arnold, Clara Faith Piercefield and Paizley Albertson, sister, Pat Oliver Kreutzer and numerous beloved nieces, nephews and extended family.

Winscott Road Funeral Home, 1001 Winscott Road, Benbrook, Texas.