Doris Ann Cooley Null

1923 - 2013

Doris Ann Cooley Null, 89, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, surrounded by her family. Celebration of life: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers: Jim Bronstad, Ronnie Cooley, Charlie Fowler, W.A. Grammer, Monty Mize and Sheldon Watson. Memorials: Doris' memory may be honored with a gift to Community Enrichment Center, 6300 NE Loop 820, North Richland Hills, Texas 76180. Doris Ann was born Dec. 20, 1923, in Fort Worth and was proud to say she was a lifelong resident of Fort Worth. Her father and mother, Gus C. and Laura A. Cooley, owned and operated the Cooley Lumber Company on East Lancaster in Fort Worth. She met "the love of her life," William C. "Bill" Null, at the lumber company where he was employed. They were married in 1942. Doris was a homemaker and supported his building career which specialized in building post offices for the United States Postal Service. They were married 64 years. Doris' passion was her family and her greatest joy was creating special memories with them. She was known to light up a room with her warm, loving spirit and was quick to give hugs and sweet words of encouragement to those around her. She enjoyed traveling the world, visiting friends, family and church socials, bringing her famous chocolate ice box pie and playing bridge with the Tuesday Sunparlor Ladies at the Fort Worth Woman's Club. Doris was a faithful Christian and a longtime member of the Southside Church of Christ and The Hills Church in North Richland Hills. In addition to her parents, Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, and son, Gary. Survivors: Her daughter, Cathy Mayberry and husband, Charles; granddaughter, Laura Bacigalupo and husband, Peter; grandson, William Mayberry; and extended family members.