Dorothy Burress Spann (Plainview)

Dorothy Burress Spann, 90, of Plainview passed away on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 in Plainview. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 6, 2009 in the Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Kimmett Bellows , pastor of Southside Assembly of God officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Dorothy was born on January 18, 1919 in Leedy, Oklahoma to Henry and Hester Burress. She grew up in Leedy before her family moved to Texas when she was 8 years old. She graduated from Plainview High School. She married D. Orville Spann on August 6, 1941 in Plainview. She was a homemaker. They owned and operated Spann Grocery for over 25 years. She was a member of the Southside Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, D. Orville Spann; a son, Gary Spann; brother, Herman Burress; and her parents, Henry and Hester Burress. Survivors include a daughter, Marsha Allen of Plainview; a son, Mike Spann of Lubbock; four grandchildren, Kimberly Allen of Chesterton, Indiana, Jimi Spann of Montrose, Colorado, Erica Spann of Dallas, Texas, Daniel Spann of Austin, Texas; and two great grandchildren, Cady McDaniel of Chesterton, Indiana, Josie Houck of Dallas, Texas. Memorials may be sent to Pleasant Hills Children’s Home, P.O. Box 1177, Fairfield, Texas 75840.