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Barbara Louise Douglass Teel
20 Mar 1926 – 18 Feb 2014
| Birth | 20 Mar 1926 |
| Death | 18 Feb 2014 |
| Cemetery | Mexia City Cemetery Mexia , Limestone County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | James Coston on 10 Apr 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125315588 |
Bio
Barbara Louise Teel, 87, of Mexia, passed away February 18, 2014, in Mexia. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, February 22, 2014. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Barbara was born in Ferris, Texas, to the late James Preston and Lula Daniel Douglass, and was the seventh child. Her family moved to Mexia when she was three. She graduated from Mexia High School in 1943. In March of 1943, she married C. W. Teel. They embarked upon a marriage that lasted 58 years. Together they owned and operated a small business and produced a wonderful family of eight children. She lived her life devoted to her marriage, her family and her love of God. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church for 75 years where she taught Sunday School for 64 years, sang in the choir and served as church secretary for 19 years before retiring shortly before her husband's death in 2001. Throughout her life, she shared her father's passion of baseball and was an avid fan of the Texas Rangers. She also loved to crochet, crafting numerous beautiful afghans cherished by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, C. W. Teel, in 2001; five sisters; and a brother. Barbara is survived by her eight children: sons: Rev. Lain Teel and wife, Joanie, of Corsicana, Randy Teel and wife, Joan, of Mexia, Joe Teel, of Mexia, David Teel and wife, Frankie, of Austin, and Mike Teel and wife, Darlene, of Mexia; daughters: Marsha Smith, of Mexia, Toni Douglass, of Waco, and Mary Castillo and husband, Felipe, of League City; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. T14
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- Alva Cleo Douglass Dodds 1912–1998
- Mary Elizabeth Douglass Ballard 1917–1970
- Ina Leah Douglass McKee 1920–2000
- James Preston Douglas 1923–1972
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