Dorothy Jean Slape Beal was born  March 28, 1926, in Jacksboro and passed away Sept. 18, 2011, in Dallas. 

Dorothy was a longtime member of the Church of Christ. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ida Isabell and John Dee Pitts; her husbands, Orville Eugene Slape and Cecil Eulis Beal; her siblings, Nora Shaw, Lucille Samples, Willie Mae Buck, Ruth Sharp and Benjamin Pitts; sons, Donald Eugene Slape and Eugene Beal; one grandson and one great-grandson. 

Dorothy is survived by her sister, Tommie Grubbs; daughters, Dianna and husband Dwight Bonham, Linda and husband Fred Bennett, Carolyn Fitzgerald, Patsy Tyree; sons, Tony Beal and wife Becky and Kent Beal and wife Peggy; 17 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. 

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