Mrs. Dorothy M. O'Brien

Dorothy Mae O'Brien, 77, of Paris, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Services, with Eastern Star Rites, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18th at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Patrick Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in Restland Cemetery at Roxton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Mrs. O'Brien, the daughter of Teory & Mamie Smith McGrew, was born Jan. 31, 1935, in Roxton. She graduated from Roxton High School in 1953, and that same year married Scott Claibourne O'Brien. Following several moves with Southwestern Bell, they settled in Farmers Branch. In 1972, they moved to the Rawhide Community of Lamar County and then several years later they moved to Mineola. She retired from the Child Support Division of the Attorney General's Office. Dorothy was of the Baptist faith and was a longtime member of the Eastern Star. She was a very caring person – being a caretaker for family and others and a charitable giver. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on March 23, 2012 and siblings: Douglas McGrew, Helen McCain, Johnny McGrew, Thelma Tulley and T. J. McGrew. Survivors include her children, Deborah Wilson of Paris and Tony O'Brien & wife Julie of Conroe, grandchildren – whom she loved very much, Emily Wilson, Erin Fortenberry & husband Webb, Elysha Stevens & husband Jared, Kaylie Smith & husband Clay, Kaleb O'Brien & Kelcie O'Brien, great grandchildren, Addison Mae & Joe Grady Fortenberry, a sister, Ruth Hagood of Roxton along with several nieces & nephews. The family would like to extend special thanks to the staff at Springlake Assisted Living Memory Care for the care given their loved one. Casket bearers will be: Webb Fortenberry, Jared Stevens, Kaleb O'Brien, Clay Smith, Phil Wilson, Scott O'Brien and Randy Keller.