Obituary in the Denton Record-Chronicle, Sunday, May 26, 2002
Dorothy Nell (Dobbs) Byrd born December 12, 1925 in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas went to be with her Heavenly Father on May 24, 2002.
Dorothy was raised in Eastland, Texas, attended Draughn's Business College which prepared her for an illustrious career as a bookkeeper. Many friends will remember her work at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home for over 20 years.
Dorothy married James Ford Byrd in 1943 and they moved to West Texas in the early fifties to rear their three children in the first gated communities, El Paso Natural Gas camps. "The best place one could raise children,'' she often said.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Ellis Dobbs and Iva Lee (Nixon) Dobbs, her two brothers, Wallace Aaron Dobbs and Bobby Gene Dobbs, her first husband, Ford, and her second husband, Connard Neil Ellis.
Left to cherish her memory are her three children, Darlene Mullenweg, Derrell Byrd and his wife, Margaret, Deborah Roach, and her husband, Denny, nine grandchildren – Lynn Davenport , and husband, Chad , Mike Mullenweg , Jeannie Hopkins and husband Shane, Tressa Clarke and husband, Blair, Eddie Byrd and wife Amanda, Dr. Jay Roach and wife, Debbie, Carrie Hopkins and husband Neil, Kelley Kacal and husband Mike, and Jennifer Collazos and husband Dave; 13
great-grandchildren, Sarah, Daniel, John Connard , Austin, Hannah, Madison, Taylor, Bailey, Mason, Morgan, Kelsey, Abbey and Sydney; and sisters-in-law, Eloise Lowrance Dobbs, Bobbie Pittman and husband Luce, and Patsy Hogan and husband Lynn.

An Obituary from the July 2002 Issue of the El Paso Natural Gas Company/MOI Rusty Pipeliners' News - very similar to the previous obituary, but slightly different.
Dorothy Nell (Dobbs) Byrd went to be with her Heavenly Father May 24, 2002 from her last residence in Denton, Texas. Born December 12, 1925 in Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, Dorothy was raised in Eastland, Texas. She later attended Draughn’s Business College which prepared her for an illustrious career in accounting. Many friends will remember her work at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home in Odessa, Texas for over 20 years.
Dorothy married James Ford Byrd
in 1943 and they moved to West Texas in the early fifties to rear their three children in the first gated communities, El Paso Natural Gas’ camps. “The best place one could raise children” she often said.
Preceded in death by her parents, Aaron Ellis Dobbs and Iva Lee (Nixon) Dobbs, her two brothers, Wallace Aaron Dobbs and Bobby Gene Dobbs, her first husband, Ford, her second husband Connard Neil Ellis from Odessa and son-in-law, Bill Mullenweg.
Left to cherish her memory are three children, Darlene Mullenweg, Derrell Byrd and his wife, Margaret, Deborah Roach, and her husband, Denny, nine grandchildren – Lynn Davenport , and husband, Chad , Mike Mullenweg , Jeannie Hopkins and husband Shane, Tressa Clarke and husband, Blair, Eddie Byrd and wife Amanda, Dr. Jay Roach and wife Debbie, Carrie Hopkins and husband Neil, Kelley Kacal and husband Mike, and Jennifer Collazos and husband Dave. Thirteen great grandchildren – Sarah, Daniel, John Connard , Austin, Hannah, Madison, Taylor, Bailey, Mason, Morgan, Kelsey, Abbey and Sydney; sisters-in-law Eloise Lowrance Dobbs, Bobbie Pittman and husband Luce, Patsy Hogan and husband Lynn, several nieces and her extended Ellis family.
Sent in by Barry McHalek, Abilene, TX.