Dorothy Elizabeth McLain

b. 16 June 1911, d. 15 February 2002
  • Dorothy Elizabeth McLain was born on 16 June 1911 in Bosier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
  • She married David Wood Nash, son of John David Nash and Elma Wood, on 21 July 1932 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
  • David Wood Nash and Dorothy Elizabeth McLain appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Garland Township, Miller County, Arkansas, at Arabella Heights. Other members of the household included Frances Youman Nash, Lura Elizabeth Nash and John David Nash.
  • She was employed as a typist in a private office, according to the 1940 census.
  • She officially witnessed the death of David Wood Nash on 23 August 1970 at Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
  • Dorothy Elizabeth McLain became a widow at the 23 August 1970 death of her husband David Wood Nash.
  • Dorothy Elizabeth McLain died on 15 February 2002 at age 90 in Jasper County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 17 February 2002 in The Beaumont Enterprise: Funeral services for Dorothy Elizabeth McLain Nash, 90, of Jasper, will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 19, 2002 at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home Chapel in Jasper. Graveside services will follow 3:00 P.M. at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Nacogdoches. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper. Mrs. Nash passed away Friday, February 15, 2002 at Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper. A native of Beauregard Parish, LA and a former resident of Nacogdoches TX and Arkansas, She lived in Jasper for the past 30 years. A graduate of Nacogdoches High School, she attended Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. She worked for many years as an abstractor throughout Texas and retired as a Bookkeeper and Clerk with Gibsons Dept. Stores in Nacogdoches and Jasper. Survivors include her son, John D. Nash and wife Jonetta of Jasper; daughters, Jean White and husband Jim of Kilgore, TX; Frances Tucker and husband Frank of Nacogdoches, TX; Shelley Turner and husband Jerry of Lake Fork, TX; Ona Jo Nash and Judy Nash both of Jasper and a special adopted daughter Julie Hancock and husband Gene of Jasper. She is also survived by a sister, Mildred Brummett of Plano, TX; an aunt, Mary Frances Millwee of Lufkin, seventeen grandchildren and thirty-three great grandchildren. Mrs. Nash was preceded in death by her husband Wood Nash and two daughters, Lura McGowen and Eunice Nash. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Jasper.
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2015

Family: David Wood Nash b. 27 February 1903, d. 23 August 1970