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William Dockery Obituary

William Deryl Dockery

Grandbury, TX

William Deryl Dockrey of Granbury passed away February 2, 2014 at the age of 58. He was born on July 20, 1955 to Harry and Dorris Dockrey and lived in Colorado City with his parents and brother, Jim. After attending school at South Plains College and then graduating from Texas A&M University, he then went on to marry his love, Debbie Haggerton, on February 9, 1980. Shortly after getting married they moved to Granbury, Texas where they started their family and he began his life-long career with TXU at Commanche Peak. He loved growing up in Texas and enjoyed every aspect of the farm life, which he got to enjoy on the weekends on his farm in Lipan, Texas. He was a devout Christian, following the ways of the Lord Jesus Christ and enjoyed sharing fellowship with his dear friends in Granbury.

He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Debbie Dockrey; son and daughter-in-law Joe Dan and Joanna Dockrey of Driftwood, Texas; son Weston Dockrey of Austin, Texas; son Reese Dockrey of Mansfield, Texas; mother Dorris Dockrey of Colorado City, Texas; brother and sister-in-law Jim and Sherry Dockrey of Colorado City, Texas.

Services will be held on Friday February 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm, at the First Baptist Church, in Colorado City with Bill Lee officiating. Burial will follow at Spade Ranch Cemetery where he will be laid to rest alongside his late father, Harry Dockrey, who passed in August 2012.

Services are under the care and direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.

Online condolences to the family may be made at www.kikerseale.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Abilene Reporter-News on Feb. 5, 2014.

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Diane Stewart

February 21, 2014

Coworkers present and past will greatly miss him, myself included. My prayers are with his family for this great loss.

Genia Guelker Conner

February 7, 2014

Prayers for your family and as the days pass, may God's strength shower you with His love and all the wonderful memories you have of your life with Bill.

Mark Michalka

February 5, 2014

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you. I worked with Bill at Luminant while he was with the POC and FES... I am stationed at one of our Lignite facilities but I intreacted with him over the years... He was always considerate of others as well as kind and caring... I'm truly sorry for your loss and ours as well... I pray God will give you and yours confort.....

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