Dorothy Helms Grady, 85, Died Saturday, June 16, 2012, in Clarendon, Texas
Services were held on 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.
Services were under the direction of 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.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a son, Roy Lee Helms; 3 brothers and a sister.
She is survived by 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.
The family request memorials be sent to a favorite charity.
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