Ovena Velmarie Dyson

Posted November 23, 2012 at 12:56 pm
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Ovena Velmarie Dyson passed away at her home Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 19, 2012, at Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Chapel-Dalworth in Grand Prairie with Pastor Clark Wheeler officiating. Burial was held at Southland Memorial Park in Grand Prairie.

Velma was born on June 23, 1928, in Moody to Roy and Pearl Gilchrest of Gatesville. She married Othel “Simon” Dyson in 1946. They were married for 50 years. He preceded her in death in 1995.

Survivors include daughters, Brenda Rosser of Grand Prairie, Carolyn Weinman of Fort Worth and Janice Barnes of Apopka, FL; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

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