Dorothy Grissom Kilgore Garth's Obituary
Dorothy Grissom Kilgore Garth, age 94, of Longview, passed away August 30, 2019. She was born in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on July 31, 1925 to T. A. and Cleo Jones Grissom at the home of her grandfather, Dr. T. S. Grissom. She was a 1942 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School.
A Celebration of Her Life Service will be Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 2pm at Buckner Westminster Place Friendship Room.
She was preceded in death by husbands Bill Kilgore who passed away in 1958 and Jim Garth who passed away in 2003.
She is survived by her son Kerry Kilgore and his wife Bernice of Hallsville, daughters Kathy and her husband Robert Lambert of Nashville, TN and Krista and her husband Cliff Furtick of Henderson, sister, Coleen Grissom of Boerne, TX and brother Tom Grissom of Porum, OK, 7 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren
Ms. Garth was employed for many years at the First National Bank of Carthage and after moving to Longview volunteered 33 years at GSMC.
Family requests that memorials be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the care of Rader Funeral Home, Longview. An online memorial book may be signed at www.raderfh.com
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