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Dorothy Faye Short
contributed by The Hugo Daily News

Graveside services for Dorothy Faye Short, of Valliant, were at 10 am. Feb. 21, 2003 at the Valliant Cemetery. The Rev. Troy Ruffin officiate the ceremony.

The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 20 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant.

Dorothy Faye Short died Feb. 18, 2003 at Parkview Care Center in Valliant. She was 76.

Dorothy was born Feb. 23, 1926 in Clarksville, Texas to Wyllie David Upton and Evie Bell (Smith) Upton. She married Ernest Short July 8, 1944.

She was preceded in death by her husband and her son, Preston Short.

She is survived by three sons, David Short of Broken Bow, Edward Short and William Short, both of Valliant; two daughters, Darlene Hamrick of Valliant and Fay McRee of Swink; Lurene Petty of Valliant, Margaret Mayberry of Valliant and JoAnn Jones of Rock Island; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant handled the funeral arrangements.