MEMORIAL CEMETERY
ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

Born:  10 August 1929 Died:  12 October 1998 - Charlston Methodist Hospital - Dallas, Dallas, Texas Father:  J. Leon Booker Mother:  Lizzie Mae Griggs Johnson Spouse:  William "Burr' Richardson

Dorothy Richardson Texas Death Index Name Dorothy Richardson Gender Female Event Date 12 Oct 1998 County Dallas Event Place Dallas, Texas, United States

Dorothy Richardson United States Social Security Death Index Age 69 Given Name Dorothy Surname Richardson Birth Date 10 Aug 1929 State Illinois Last Place of Residence Dallas, Dallas, Texas Previous Residence Postal Code 75232 Event Date 12 Oct 1998

Mrs. Dorothy Leonia Richardson was born August 10, 1929.  She united with South Union Baptist Church as an early age and attended the Palestine Public Schools,  Dorothy traveled extensively throughout her lifetime and would tell you about it for hours at a time.  She moved to Dallas in 1984 and was employed by her extended family Don and Robyn Conlon and their children Casey, Keith and Kevin, who affectionately called her 'D.D.'  Dorothy was known as 'Granny' in the community in which she resided.  Russell noticed that her door was not open on Sunday morning October 11, 1998 and proceeded to notify the manager.  He stated that Granny's door was always open to anyone who needed a helping hand, food to eat or a place to live.  A song writer wrote the lyrics "If I can help somebody with a word or song, then my living will not be in vain." She was preceded in death by her parents Mrs. Lizzie Mae Johnson and Mr. J. Leon Booker, and husband, Mr. William 'Burr' Richardson.  Dorothy departed this life October 12, 1998 at Charlston Methodist Hospital, Dallas, Texas. She is survived by four sisters, Patricia Borens-Jackson, Dallas, Texas, Lanece Tharp, San Bueno, California, Benece Juanda Booker, San Pablo, California, Brenda Booker, San Francisco, California; one brother J. Leon Booker II, San Francisco, California; uncle Eddie Lee Booker, Beaumont, Texas; aunties Velma Booker, Trinity, Texas and Annie B. McKee, Long Beach, California; brother-in-law W.T. Jackson, Dallas, Texas; many other relatives and friends in Dallas and Palestine, Texas.

Services for Dorothy L. Booker Richardson, 69, of Dallas and formerly of Palestine, will be at noon Saturday at McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry A. Borens Jr. officiating.  Burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Richardson died Monday at a Dallas hospital She was born Aug. 10, 1929 in Palestine, to J. Leon Booker and Lizzie Mae Griggs-Johnson.  She attended Palestine schools.  She traveled extensively and relocated to Dallas from Palestine in 1974. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Richardson. She is survived by sisters, Patricia Borens Jackson of Dallas, Lanece Tharp of San Buenok Calif.; Brenda Booker of San Francisco, Benece Juanda Booker of San Pablo, Calif.; and brother, J. Leon Booker II of San Francisco.

The pictures and images used on the Memorial Cemetery pages were
furnished by the Anderson County Historical Commission and the pages
were compiled by Beverly Bailey Odom and Scott Fitzgerald.

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