This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Allen, Rader, Matthews, Sellers, Gryder, Eidlebach, Cockrell, Hooper, Ketchum, Gasglow, Bartz, Nielsen, Osbourne Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3720 Message Board Post: Dorothy Johnson March 3, 1920 - April 17, 2006 Dorothy Johnson, 86, of Bay City died April 17, 2006 at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City. She was born March 3, 1920 in Yoakum, Texas to the late Oscar Lamar and Alma Dean Rader Allen. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Van Vleck and a resident of Bay City since 1950. Survivors include: two daughters and a son-in-law, Betty Matthews of Bay City, and Dorothy and Clarence Sellers of Brazoria, Texas; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Dennis Gryder of Andrews, Texas and William E. "Bill" and Elizabeth Johnson of Van Vleck, Texas; 13 grandchildren, Ivy Eidlebach and husband Ross, Lisa Cockrell and husband Matt, and Sheri Hooper and husband Kevin all of Van Vleck, Danny Johnson and wife Miranda of Bay City, Stephanie Ketchum of Dickinson, Michael Sellers of Seabrook, Roy Sellers of Brazoria, Darryl Gryder and wife Jena of Kermit, Texas, Lloyd Gryder and wife Cathy of Mansfield, Texas, Debra Gasglow and husband Tim of Lovington, New Mexico, Yvonne Bartz and husband Phil of Minto, North Dakota, W. D. Gryder serving in the Texas National Guard stationed in Iraq, and Deanna Gryder US Navy stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii; great grandchildren, John Ross and Amy Eidlebach, Katie Cockrell, Joseph, Ashley, and Andrea Hooper, William, Hannah, and Allison Joh! nson, Johnathan Ketchum, Samantha Nielsen, Sara and Teresa Sellers, Cody Sellers, Anthony Gryder, Latina Gryder, Dustin Gryder, Stefanie, Kady, Lauri, and Jenny Osbourne and two great - great grandchildren, Stormy Marie Gryder and Michael Gryder; numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the nursing staff in ICU at Matagorda General Hospital, especially Helen and Rene for being so kind and loving to our mom. Also special thanks Charlotte and Jerry McKissick for helping to look out for Mom in the past years. Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 2006 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Mike Zimmerman officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ross and John R. Eidlebach, Roy and Michael Sellers, Darryl and Lloyd Gryder, Danny Johnson, and Johnathan Ketchum. Honorary Pallbearers will be W. D. Gryder, Yvonne Bartz, Stephanie Ketchum, Ivy Eidlebach, Deanna Gryder, Sheri Hooper, Lisa Cockrell, and Debra Osbourne. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, are to the First Baptist Church of Van Vleck, Texas. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home (979) 245-4613. Bay City, Tribune Published April 19, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas