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Beach, Dorothy Reid
Services: Have been held.
Dorothy Reid Beach, 74, of Albuquerque, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at Lovelace Hospital in Albuquerque.
She was born Nov. 21, 1928, in Collingsworth County, Texas, to T.C. And Tommie Boutcher Raper.
She was a former resident of Clovis and had worked for Montgomery Ward as a bookkeeper. She married Raymond Lee Reid on July 20, 1948, in Clovis, and he preceded her in death on Aug. 5, 1973. She married Denzil Beach on Dec. 28, 1973, in Portales. Dorothy and Denzil moved to Phoenix where she worked for Shamrock Dairy as a bookkeeper. Denzil preceded her in death on April 2, 1994. She was of the Baptist faith. She moved from Phoenix to Albuquerque a few months ago to be near her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; four brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by one son, Raymond Reid (and wife Rita) of Woodridge, Ill.; two daughters, Sharon Scott (Ronnie) of Clovis and Geraldine Cress (Tom) of Albuquerque; one brother, Tip Raper of Vernon, Texas; five sisters, Thelma Sutton of Amarillo, Virgie O’Daniel of Childress, Texas, June Tait of San Jose, Calif., Neva Slayton of Balch Springs, Texas, and Joyce Thompson of Wichita Falls, Texas; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Steve Wheeler will officiate the services.
Burial will be at Mission Garden of Memories in Clovis.
Pallbearers will be Ronnie Scott, Tom Cress, Mike Jouett, Bob Walley, Larry Stapp, Randy Stapp, Bruce Foster, Matthew Reid and Johnny Gomez.
Honorary pallbearers include Sherri Gomez, Ashleigh Jacobs, Amanda Cress, Jackie Jouett, Dironda Walley, Kimberly Reid, Paul Foster and Cara White.
Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home in Clovis.