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Dorothy Louise Hooten Passons
30 Aug 1927 – 17 Dec 2010
| Birth | 30 Aug 1927 |
| Death | 17 Dec 2010 |
| Cemetery | Memory Gardens Cemetery Amarillo , Randall County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | LaDaina on 16 Nov 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63086846 |
Bio
Dorothy Passons was born on August 30, 1927 in Klondike, Texas to Robert Carl and Ella Robnett Hooten. When very young, they moved to Earth, Texas, where Dorothy attended Springlake School until 1943. They moved to Borger and she completed high school in 1945. After graduation, she married James L. Passons, in January, 1946. They had two daughters, Carla Rose and Waska Jolene who both were born in Borger. They moved to Newcastle, Wyoming in 1952 and both girls graduated from Newcastle High School. Dorothy started working for Mountain Bell Telephone, later transferring to Southwestern Bell in Amarillo, where she worked for 28½ years until her retirement in 1988. She was a member of Telephone Pioneers and Sonshiners South Georgia Baptist group. She was preceded in death by her parents, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Survivors include her Husband of 64 years, James L. Passons, daughters Jolene Martinson of Amarillo and Carla Rose Evans of Nashville, TN, a sister, Sibyl Maxwell of Borger, Texas, 4 Grandchildren, 6 Great Grandchildren. ____________ Dorothy L. Passons AMARILLO - Funeral services for Dorothy L. Passons, 83, of Amarillo will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at South Georgia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Miller officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home, 4100 S. Georgia. Mrs. Passons died Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, in Amarillo. She was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Klondike to Robert Carl and Ella Robnett Hooten. When she was young they moved to Earth, Texas, and she attended Springlake School until 1943. They moved to Borger where she completed high school in 1945. After graduation she married James L. Passons in January 1946. They moved to Newcastle, Wyo., in 1952. She worked for Mountain Bell Telephone, later transferring to Southwestern Bell in Amarillo, where she worked for 28 1/2 years until her retirement in 1988. She was a member of Telephone Pioneers and Sonshiners South Georgia Baptist group. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Jolene Martinson of Amarillo and Carla Rose Evans of Nashville; a sister, Sibyl Maxwell of Borger; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Her parents, five sisters and two brothers are deceased. Memorials may be made to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105; or Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, 600 Southwest 11th Avenue, Amarillo, TX 79101. Published in Plainview Daily Herald from Dec. 20 to Dec. 21, 2010
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- Hollis Eldred Hooten 1909–1980
- Lola Hooten Sloan 1910–1996
- Haskell Howell Hooten 1913–1987
- Rena Hooten Shores 1915–1989
- Mabel Mozalle Hooten Loftis 1918–2010
- Erma Lee Hooten Goodin 1920–1986
- Bonibel Hooten Ash 1923–1953
- Sibyl Jane Hooten Staggs Maxwell 1925–2020
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