Dorothy Marie "Dotty" Hartsell's Obituary
Dorothy Marie "Dotty" Hartsell, 81, of Gun Barrel City, Texas formerly of Memphis, Texas, died Thursday, December 26, 2024 in Kaufman, Texas.
Services will be 1:00 PM Monday, December 30. 2024 in the Memphis Church of Christ with Jim Dixon, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis, Texas.
Viewing will be held Sunday from 2:00-6:00 PM at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral DIrectors of Memphis, Texas.
Dotty was born June 9, 1943 in Derby, Kansas to Orville "Dutch" and Jimmie Faye Carter Wheeler. She married Jimmy Dale Hartsell on December 26, 1959 in Memphis, Texas. Dotty was a country-western singer where she signed with RCA records where she went by her musical performing name of Wendy Dawn. She loved singing more than anything in the whole world. She enjoyed cake decorating and loved all animals. Dotty had been battling with dementia for the past 15 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sons, Shane Hartsell and Andy Hartsell; a brother, Ted Wheeler; and a sister, Shari Robertson.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Jimmy Hartsell of Gun Barrel City, Texas; her daughter, Kathy Jacobs and husband Rob of Calabasas, California; her brother, Terry Wheeler of Panhandle, Texas; a granddaughter, Dr. Abigail Jacobs and fiancé Aaron Bastian of Echo Park, California; and several nieces and nephews.
The family request memorials be sent to the Alzheimer's Association.
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