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Dorothy LaVelle McCasland

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Dorothy LaVelle McCasland

Birth
Mills County, Texas, USA
Death
4 Jan 2021 (aged 95)
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA
Burial
Early, Brown County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Devotion Section A Lot 164 Space 1
Memorial ID
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Dorothy lived in Pittsburg, Texas and was a member of Greer Boulevard Church of Christ in Pittsburg, Texas where she taught children’s bible classes for 25 years or more. She helped organize the Redbud Garden Club while serving as president of the club, helped organize the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Auxiliary while serving as secretary for 10 years and historian for 20 years in the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana region, and was a community representative on the Site Based Decision-Making Committee for the Pittsburg Elementary School. Dorothy also served on the Pittsburg-Camp County Library board and a member and docent for the Pittsburg-Camp County Museum. She was a Gold Life Member of duplicate bridge where she served on the Board of Directors for unit 255 in East Texas.
Dorothy is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. She is preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Crowder who she lost to Leukemia in 1949; husband of almost 49 years, Larry McCasland; parents, Nannie & Henry Harris; brother, Alvin Harris; and sister, Emillee Schorn.
Dorothy lived in Pittsburg, Texas and was a member of Greer Boulevard Church of Christ in Pittsburg, Texas where she taught children’s bible classes for 25 years or more. She helped organize the Redbud Garden Club while serving as president of the club, helped organize the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Auxiliary while serving as secretary for 10 years and historian for 20 years in the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana region, and was a community representative on the Site Based Decision-Making Committee for the Pittsburg Elementary School. Dorothy also served on the Pittsburg-Camp County Library board and a member and docent for the Pittsburg-Camp County Museum. She was a Gold Life Member of duplicate bridge where she served on the Board of Directors for unit 255 in East Texas.
Dorothy is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. She is preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Crowder who she lost to Leukemia in 1949; husband of almost 49 years, Larry McCasland; parents, Nannie & Henry Harris; brother, Alvin Harris; and sister, Emillee Schorn.


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