Funeral Services for Mrs. Dortha Marie Brookins Reeves, 90 year old Leonard resident, are scheduled for 10 A.M. Friday October 24, 2014 at the Leonard Church of Christ. Bob Lewis and Charles Wrenn will officiate. Burial will be in Arledge Ridge Cemetery near Bonham. Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 P.M. Thursday October 23, 2014 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel at Leonard.
Dortha was born February 3, 1924 at Randolph. Her parents were Joe L. and Cordie Crouch Brookins. She married Porter Thomas Reeves January 25, 1941 and she was a member of the Leonard church of Christ. She worked for a number of years at Texas Tag. She passed away Monday October 20, 2014 at the Wilson N. Jones Medical Center at Sherman.
She is survived by her husband, Porter Thomas Reeves of Leonard; her children and their mates: Shirlene and Murv Borth of Tyler, Gary and Joan Reeves of Mansfield and Tommy and Jovonna Reeves of Whitewright; her grandchildren: Kevin & Anna Elixson, Leslie & Mark Hays, Justin Reeves and Amanda & David Ulmer; her great-grandchildren: Tanner and Elise Hays, Jaime & Ira McCullars, Michael Elixson, Blake Reeves, Nicholas Ulmer and Bella Ulmer; her great-great grandson: Eli McCullars.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers and sister: Clifford Brookins, J.W. Brookins and Jessie Ford.