Obituary

Graveside services for Dorothy Lois McEachern, 83, of Edmonson, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Plainview Memorial Park with Tim Harper, chaplain of VistaCare Hospice, officiating. Burial arrangements are by Bartley Funeral Home. Mrs. McEachern died at 1:45 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, at her residence. She was born Jan. 30, 1922, in Crosbyton to Lawerence and Lou Tisdale Starrett. She married Eldon McEachern, Oct. 4, 1939, in Pasadena, Calif. He died June 24, 1977. Mrs. McEachern was a licensed beautician in California and Texas. She also was active in farming with her husband in Edmonson. Mrs. McEachern was a member of the First Baptist Church in Plainview and Ruidoso, N.M. She was active in the Eastern Star and served as past worthy matron. Survivors include one son, Terry McEachern of Edmonson; one daughter and son-in-law, Freda and Randall Dean of Southlake; one sister, Barbara Gibson of Lubbock; four grandchildren, Deatra and husband Jay Harper of Andrews, Memory and husband Aaron Bennett of Lubbock, Michael Dean and Lauren Dean of Southlake; three great-grandchildren; several nieces; and one nephew. Her husband and one sister, Evelyn Phifer, are deceased. Visitation will be from 6-7 tonight in Bartley Funeral Home.