Beckham Co. - Obit for Dorothy "Dot" Roach Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ Area Dorothy "Dot" Roach BOVINA - Dorothy "Dot" Roach, 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Bovina United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jimmy McGuire and the Rev. Gene Hawkins, both of Lubbock, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackwell Funeral Home. Mrs. Roach was born Oct. 16, 1924, in Elk City, Okla., to Earnest and Florence (Reed) Foster. She had lived in the Bovina area since 1930, moving from Turkey. She married James D. "Sonny" Roach on Feb. 10, 1940, in Portales, N.M. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bovina United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 20, 2000. Survivors include a son, Jerry Roach of Farwell; a daughter, Judy Ezell of Plano; a sister, Mary Cole of Panhandle; a sister-in-law, Frances Hawkins of Bovina; and two grandchildren, Turner and Stacy Roach. The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association or Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 25, 2004