Mary Orlena Dollahite

Mary Orlena Dollahite passed away on March 15, 2011 at 92 years old. She was born December 28, 1918 in McKinney, Texas to John Snapp and Lillian Gallop Snapp. She married Herbert Duncan Dollahite on April 3, 1937 after graduating high school. They moved to Waco, Texas. Even though they were “poor as church mice,” as she used to say, they both enrolled in and graduated from Baylor University, Mary with a Masters Degree in Education. She was a teacher for 30 years in the Houston Independent School District.

Mary Orlena Dollahite had 2 daughters, Molly S. Dollahite Clark, and Mary Lou Dollahite Robertson was born 8 ½ years later. Molly has a daughter, Sheri Michele Clark Littrell. Mary Lou also gave her a granddaughter, Kasey Robertson Wheeler, and a grandson, Rusty Robertson. Granddaughter Sheri gave her a great granddaughter, Jennifer Nicole Littrell. Granddaughter Kasey gave her two great grandsons, Keldan and Ronan Wheeler. Grandson Rusty gave her two more great grandsons, Caden and Michael Robertson.

Mary Orlena and Herbert Dollahite moved to Cleveland in 1978 to be close to Molly who lives in Cleveland, and Mary Lou who lived in Kingwood at the time.

Mary’s husband, Herbert Dollahite, passed away in 1985 in Cleveland, where she continued to live and serve as an active member of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Texas. She was preceded in death by father John Snapp, mother Lillian Gallop Snapp, brother David Snapp, and two sisters, Polly Roper and Alice Younger.

She is survived by, brother, Joe Snapp, and sisters, Johnnie Kelly and Betty Kasten.

Services for Mrs. Dollahite will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Cleveland. Interment will follow at Cleveland Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 8:00 a.m., until 9:00 p.m., Friday, March 18, 2011 at Pace-Stancil, Cleveland, Texas.