Dollie Belle Hammonds of Frisco, Texas passed away on August 10, 2021 at the age of 104. She was born on September 11, 1916 to Raymond Taylor and Mary Exer (Bonds) Gillespie in Pickton, Texas. Dollie married Willie Clyde Hammonds on August 3, 1935 in Texarkana, Texas. She retired with Texas Instruments. Dollie loved to quilt. She was known as “Granny” to her grandchildren whom she loved dearly.
She is survived by her daughter, Linda Burns Cobb and husband, Jerry of Frisco, Texas; grandchildren, Billy Scott Buckaloo, Crystal Burns Morris, and Kristen Ashley Kilmer; 7 great grandchildren; brother, Bennie Joe Gillespie; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Dollie was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Clyde Hammonds and her parents, Raymond and Mary Gillespie; siblings, Mozelle Prather, Hazel Roberson, Violet Adcock, Exer Mae Adcock, Wallace Gillespie, Max Gillespie, and Jessie Gillespie.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 14, 2021 at Ridgeview Memorial Park, 2525 Central Expressway North in Allen, Texas. Family and friends are invited to Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home at their convenience on Friday to pay their respects and to sign the register book.