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Obit. - Dulcia E. "Dutch" (Clark) Forbess, 95, born in Missouri - died in Oklahoma

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Obit. - Dulcia E. "Dutch" (Clark) Forbess, 95, born in Missouri - died in Oklahoma

tige1  (View posts) Posted: 29 Jul 2002 9:52PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Forbess, Clark, Dunning, Shores,
published in The Daily Ardmoreite
on
Monday, July 29, 2002

Dulcia E. Forbess

• WILSON [OK]-- Services for Dulcia E. "Dutch" Forbess, 95, will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Alexander Funeral Home Chapel with David Culbreth officiating. Interment will be in Hewitt Cemetery in Wilson.

Born Aug. 10, 1906, in Garwood, Mo., to the late James Wesley and Nancy Katherine Dunning Clark, she died July 27, 2002, in Wilson [OK].
A Wilson resident since the age of 4, she married O.L. "Jimmy" Forbess on Jan. 17, 1928, in Gainesville, Texas. He preceded her in death on April 17, 1971.

She was also preceded in death by a son, Clark Braxton Forbess, on March 22, 1967; a daughter, Norma Jean Shores, on Aug. 15, 1999; a grandson, Bobby Clark; twin grandchildren, Shane Wesley and Mollie Belle Shores; four sisters and five brothers.

She came to Wilson from Missouri with her parents, a brother, Nord, and a sister, Sinia, at the age of 4. She attended school at Wilson, then became employed as a switchboard operator for the local telephone company.

Survivors include a son-in-law, Pee Wee Shores, Wilson; grandchildren, Kathy Vincent, Wilson, Rex Shores, The Colony, Texas, Jim, Karen and Linda Forbess; great-grandchildren, Jeffrey Ponder, McKinney, Texas, and Ashley Shores, The Colony; great-great-grandchildren, Josh, McCaleb and Emma Ponder, McKinney.

Bearers will be Rick Brown, Jim Clark, Butch Clark, Jeff Ponder, Charlie Steele and Rex Shores. Honorary bearers will be Pee Wee Shores and David Culbreth.

Services are under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home in Wilson.

note:
Garwood, MO = Reynolds county
Wilson, OK = Carter county
Gainesville, TX = Cooke county

Alexander Funeral Home
112 North Rotary Avenue
Wilson, OK
(580)-668-2426

transcribe as a courtesy, no relation.

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