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BORN
1949
DIED
2007
O.C. Dorham Obituary
Funeral: 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Greater Sweethome Baptist Church, 7312 Forest Hill Drive, with the Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. officiating. Burial: Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Wake: 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Greater Sweethome Baptist Church.
O.C. Dorham was born Oct. 24, 1949, in Fort Worth. He attended Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School and graduated from I.M. Terrell High School in 1967. He went on to Texas Wesleyan College, graduating with a major in business administration and a minor in math in 1973.
In the 1960s and '70s, O.C. served as an educational minister in the United Front, a civil rights organization, and was instrumental in helping African Americans obtain positions in teaching and school administration.
Survivors: Wife, Teryl Gueyser-Dorham; sons, K.E. Dorham, Kimmie Hamilton, Shannon Dorham; daughters, Ashleigh, Aaris and Alexis Dorham; and a host of relatives and friends.
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Memories and Condolences
for O.C. Dorham
Ollie Kelley
February 22, 2007
The Kelley Family
To the Family:
I pray that the Father will keep you. I pray that the peace of God be with you. I pray that you are comforted with your memories. Remember that God's strength is made perfect in your weakness and that His love endures forever.
The Kelley family
Ollie Hair Palace
Mae Roundtree
Tyson Wallace
February 12, 2007
Tyson's Auto Detail
(Car wash man)
Jerry Martin
February 9, 2007
Dear, Teryl I knew O.C. in Corsicana when we were teenagers and we called him June Bug.I knew you when you worked for Lockheed; but I never knew that you two were married. He was a wonderful person and will be greatly missed.
Tom Turner
February 8, 2007
To The Dorham Family
OC and I worked together many years. He was generous, kind, honest and dependable, however, this greatest quality was the ability to share laughter. I will miss his friendship and good times.
Tom Turner
February 8, 2007
To The Dorham Family
OC and I worked together for many years. He was generous,kind, honest and dependable,however, his greatest quality was the ability to share laughter. I will miss his friendship and good times.
Tom Turner
February 8, 2007
To the Dorham Family
OC and I worked together for many years. He was generous and kind, honest and dependable, however his greatest quality was the ability to share laughter. I will sincerely miss his friendship and good times.
Tom Turner (T)
Isaac Walker
February 8, 2007
You were blessed with many good friends, among whom I count myself. You were my very best friend from 1st-grade on, and I'll miss you greatly. God please give peace and strength and future good blessings to the Dorham family.
Milo Brooks
February 8, 2007
With a voice that roared like thunder, Oscar will certainly be missed but not forgotten. We shall all see each other again in the great heavenly reunion.
Robert Forbes
February 8, 2007
You and I go back a long way from the streets of Annie street, Bessie and thru the hood of the Southside,you will be greatly missed by me as well as the other lives you touched growing up from boys to men, I know you will continue to touch others in the after life, I miss you already and once again I have lost another true and devoted friend................Rest in PEACE....
Ayinda
February 7, 2007
Shannon,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Your father was always a very nice man, and I have nothing but fond memories of him. Peace be with you.
Lisa & Sophie Trujillo
February 7, 2007
Mrs. Dorham and family, I am very sorry for your loss. Please know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
February 7, 2007
TO THE DORHAM & HAMILTON FAMILY,
MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH FOR STRENTH AND COURAGE DURING YOUR TIME OF SORROW. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
KIM & BERNARD JONES
FRANK BOUVIA
February 7, 2007
TO THE FAMILY MAY GOD BE WITH YOU AT THIS TIME AND IN THE FUTURE,A GOOD PERSON HAS GONE HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD,MAY THE STRENGTH O.C. ALWAYS SHOWED BE A PILLAR, FOR WHICH YOU CAN STAND ON, I KNOW HE WOULD BE PROUD.I AM PROUD TO SAY HE WAS A BIG HELP WITH MY BUSINESS, BUT MORE THAN THAT A FRIEND WILL BE MISSED.
Charla Wright
February 7, 2007
As you go through this difficult time my prayers are with you. Continue to stay prayerful and steadfast. May God bless you all!
Larry Parker
February 7, 2007
To the Dorham family: May GOD be with you and keep you all,this is my Prayer.
O.C.I will miss you greatly!
Charlotte Hogan-Price
February 7, 2007
To the family, Be encouraged God will make a way. Your loved one is resting in peace where there is no more suffering and no more pain. We grew up together, went to school together and settled in Forest Hill. I have many memories that I will always cherish from his first jeri-curl to my 50th birthday party at the Thirsty Stone. I could always count on his vote in the Forest Hill elections and I looked forward to seeing him as he distributed his hair products to my beauty shop. He was also one of Madisons' best friends. It was a brotherly bond that make friendships so special. O.C. will surely be missed. If there is anything I can do I'm just a phone call away. God is in control.
Hall Foreign
February 7, 2007
Daddy your family loves you and will always keep the Dorham's legacy going. I miss you so much,
things will never be the same. Keep a your hands on us because you know what we are facing. We love you so much!!!
Foreign Hall
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