Viola Errett

Dovie Viola Morey Errett died April 28, 2016 at the age of 95 years at Peterson Regional Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas. She was born January 6, 1921 in Sutherland, Iowa, the daughter of the late Paul Alexander and late Dovie Nickson Morey. She was preceded in death by her husband Harley Wilson Errett in 1984 and grandson Michael Travis Errett in 2012.\r\n\r\nShe is survived by a daughter, Carole Errett McCain, PhD., son-in-law Scott McCain of Kerrville, Texas; son, Michael Paul Errett and daughter-in-law Deborah Ann Errett of Weatherford, Texas; and grandchildren Brent Allan Holcomb and his wife Laura, Amanda Dae Neidhardt and husband David, Caitlin Elizabeth Errett and husband Robert, step-son Ben McCain and wife Heather, and step-daughter Erin McCain Townley and husband Marc and eight wonderful great grandchildren. Also, sisters Wilda Jean Richards and husband J.D. (Rich), Pauline Thelma Vineyard and many nieces and nephews.\r\n\r\nShe was a graduate of Nevada High School and Cottey College for Women in Nevada, MO. She also attended Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler. Later in life she worked as a research survey specialist and was the catalog manager for Montgomery Wards in Tyler, Texas for 21 years. She was a member of Pleasant Retreat Methodist Church in Tyler for over 30 years where she taught 1st grade Sunday School.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, she was an honorary and past regent of Mary Tyler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, past president of Piney Woods Regents Council, DAR, and outstanding regent of Texas; she was an active member of PEO Sisterhood, Chapter BO; charter member of Daughters of American Colonists, Matthew Talbot Chapter; charter member Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar; and officer of Camp Fannin Association and Camp Fannin Women's Auxiliary.\r\n\r\nA memorial service will be held at Brookdale Plaza on the River, Independent Living Chapel in Kerrville, Texas on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10 AM, where she lived for the last seven years.\r\n\r\nGraveside services will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler, Texas at 2 PM on Saturday, May 7, 2016.\r\n \r\n