Dorrene Browning Acker (Tulia)

Tulia, Texas—Dorrene “Tootsie” Browning Acker, 76, died at 12:17 pm on Friday, November 17, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Monday, November 20, 2006 in the Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Rusty Gray, pastor of Tulia Christian Fellowship Church in Tulia and Rev. Tim Harper, Chaplain of Vista Care Hospice in Plainview, assisting. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Tulia. She was born August 25, 1930 in Dermott, TX to Evelyn Inez and Johnny Jackson Browning. She grew up in Dermott and graduated from Rotan High School. She started working for the Callan Hospital in Rotan at the age of 16. She later became an LVN. She married Alton Foy Acker on April 25, 1948 in Roby. He died Sept. 12, 2002. They moved to Swisher Co. in 1960, she started working at Swisher Memorial Hospital in 1968. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for 50+ years and was a past Worthy Matron. She was a member of the Trinity Christian Fellowship Church. Survivors include one daughter; Sierra Wheeler of Georgetown, one son; Leslie Foy Acker of Tulia, two brothers; Mark Browning of San Angelo and Bryce Browning of Ft. Worth, her baby sister; Daphene Hamm Campbell of Cedar Park, five grandchildren; Lester Lynn Acker of Montana, Jason Foy Acker of Oklahoma, Renee Elaine Acker of Oklahoma, Douglas Coty Wheeler of Austin, Choyia Doll Wheeler Fraley of Seattle, Washington and one great grandson; Nathan Wheeler of Austin. She is preceded in death by her husband and one brother; Roy J. Browning. Memorials may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star, 1503 W. Division, Arlington, TX 76012 or the Masonic Children’s Home, P.O. Box 15040, Ft. Worth, TX 76119.