Dorothy Irene Helms Grady's Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES- 2:00 PM Monday, June 18, 2012 in Robertson Funeral Directors Saints Roost Chapel in Clarendon with Rev. Eddy Helms, Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Tulia and her son, officiating. INTERMENT- Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Dorothy was born February 27, 1927, in McKinney to John William and Pearl Laird Boswell. She married John Warren “J.W.” Helms on August 2, 1941 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on April 14, 1991. She later married Ralph Grady on January 3, 1993 in Clarendon. He preceded her in death on December 3, 2006. She had been a resident of Donley County since 1948, was a homemaker, and a member of the First Nazarene Church in Clarendon. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents; her husbands; a son, Roy Lee Helms; 3 brothers and a sister. SURVIVORS - two sons, Larry Helms and wife Lura of Clarendon and Eddy Helms and wife Joburta of Tulia; a daughter, Leveta Klinnert and husband Roddy of Amarillo; a daughter in law, Barbara Helms of Clarendon; 11 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; and 16 great great grandchildren. MEMORIALS- The family request memorials be sent to a favorite charity. The family will be at 802 South Allen in Clarendon.
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