Dorthea Elouise Clements, 81, a longtime resident of Fort Worth, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, in Phoenix, Ariz.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Elouise was born July 3, 1923, to William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway in the town of Mexia. The family later moved to Santa Anna. She graduated from Santa Anna High School and moved to Fort Worth to attend Commercial College. She married her first husband, William Noel Cook, in 1943 and was soon widowed due to a fatal plane crash during a military training exercise. She later married Carl Weldon Clements and opened her own dressmaking business, Clements Sewing Center, in Fort Worth. After only a few short years, she closed the business to raise a family. In 1970, she was divorced from Carl Weldon. After working in several different companies making draperies, she opened her own custom drapery shop, Elouise's Draperies, serving the Fort Worth and Dallas area until she retired in the late 1980s.
She was a member of Southwayside Baptist Church and was also involved in the neighborhood watch program, Code Blue. She was compassionate in her concern and service to others always.
Elouise was preceded in death by her parents, William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway; first husband, William Noel Cook; second husband, Carl Weldon Clements; brothers, Byrnase M. Callaway and Luther Edward Callaway; and a son, Alvin Wayne Clements.
Survivors: Brother, Dwayne L. Callaway of Grand Prairie; sister, Jennie V. Gourley of Dallas; daughters, Noel Elaine Nave of Phoenix, Ariz., and Tammy Clements Wilson of Fort Worth; stepson, Carl Don Clements of Denton; sons, Wesley Gene Clements of Midland and Russel Keith Clements of Denton; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Elouise was born July 3, 1923, to William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway in the town of Mexia. The family later moved to Santa Anna. She graduated from Santa Anna High School and moved to Fort Worth to attend Commercial College. She married her first husband, William Noel Cook, in 1943 and was soon widowed due to a fatal plane crash during a military training exercise. She later married Carl Weldon Clements and opened her own dressmaking business, Clements Sewing Center, in Fort Worth. After only a few short years, she closed the business to raise a family. In 1970, she was divorced from Carl Weldon. After working in several different companies making draperies, she opened her own custom drapery shop, Elouise's Draperies, serving the Fort Worth and Dallas area until she retired in the late 1980s.
She was a member of Southwayside Baptist Church and was also involved in the neighborhood watch program, Code Blue. She was compassionate in her concern and service to others always.
Elouise was preceded in death by her parents, William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway; first husband, William Noel Cook; second husband, Carl Weldon Clements; brothers, Byrnase M. Callaway and Luther Edward Callaway; and a son, Alvin Wayne Clements.
Survivors: Brother, Dwayne L. Callaway of Grand Prairie; sister, Jennie V. Gourley of Dallas; daughters, Noel Elaine Nave of Phoenix, Ariz., and Tammy Clements Wilson of Fort Worth; stepson, Carl Don Clements of Denton; sons, Wesley Gene Clements of Midland and Russel Keith Clements of Denton; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
Dorthea Elouise Clements, 81, a longtime resident of Fort Worth, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, in Phoenix, Ariz.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Elouise was born July 3, 1923, to William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway in the town of Mexia. The family later moved to Santa Anna. She graduated from Santa Anna High School and moved to Fort Worth to attend Commercial College. She married her first husband, William Noel Cook, in 1943 and was soon widowed due to a fatal plane crash during a military training exercise. She later married Carl Weldon Clements and opened her own dressmaking business, Clements Sewing Center, in Fort Worth. After only a few short years, she closed the business to raise a family. In 1970, she was divorced from Carl Weldon. After working in several different companies making draperies, she opened her own custom drapery shop, Elouise's Draperies, serving the Fort Worth and Dallas area until she retired in the late 1980s.
She was a member of Southwayside Baptist Church and was also involved in the neighborhood watch program, Code Blue. She was compassionate in her concern and service to others always.
Elouise was preceded in death by her parents, William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway; first husband, William Noel Cook; second husband, Carl Weldon Clements; brothers, Byrnase M. Callaway and Luther Edward Callaway; and a son, Alvin Wayne Clements.
Survivors: Brother, Dwayne L. Callaway of Grand Prairie; sister, Jennie V. Gourley of Dallas; daughters, Noel Elaine Nave of Phoenix, Ariz., and Tammy Clements Wilson of Fort Worth; stepson, Carl Don Clements of Denton; sons, Wesley Gene Clements of Midland and Russel Keith Clements of Denton; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Elouise was born July 3, 1923, to William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway in the town of Mexia. The family later moved to Santa Anna. She graduated from Santa Anna High School and moved to Fort Worth to attend Commercial College. She married her first husband, William Noel Cook, in 1943 and was soon widowed due to a fatal plane crash during a military training exercise. She later married Carl Weldon Clements and opened her own dressmaking business, Clements Sewing Center, in Fort Worth. After only a few short years, she closed the business to raise a family. In 1970, she was divorced from Carl Weldon. After working in several different companies making draperies, she opened her own custom drapery shop, Elouise's Draperies, serving the Fort Worth and Dallas area until she retired in the late 1980s.
She was a member of Southwayside Baptist Church and was also involved in the neighborhood watch program, Code Blue. She was compassionate in her concern and service to others always.
Elouise was preceded in death by her parents, William Elmore and Minnie Lee Callaway; first husband, William Noel Cook; second husband, Carl Weldon Clements; brothers, Byrnase M. Callaway and Luther Edward Callaway; and a son, Alvin Wayne Clements.
Survivors: Brother, Dwayne L. Callaway of Grand Prairie; sister, Jennie V. Gourley of Dallas; daughters, Noel Elaine Nave of Phoenix, Ariz., and Tammy Clements Wilson of Fort Worth; stepson, Carl Don Clements of Denton; sons, Wesley Gene Clements of Midland and Russel Keith Clements of Denton; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.
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