Obituaries 03-07-24
DOROTHY MARIE KING CASPER
March 1, 1928-Feb. 28, 2024
Funeral services for Dorothy Marie King Casper, 95, were conducted on
Monday, March 4, 2024 from Praise Cathedral Church of God in Meadville,
with Rev. David Beebe officiating.
Interment will take place at the National Cemetery in Houston, Texas at
a later date.
Born on March 1, 1928 to Annie Pearl Baughman King and Wilfred Hall
"W.H." King in Edinburg, Texas, she lived her entire adult life in
Houston, Texas.
She was a savvy businesswoman with a long professional career as an
owner and proprietor of Casper Motors, Caboose Printing and other very
successful businesses.
She is remembered as an intelligent woman who read the newspaper
faithfully each morning, watched the nightly news and avidly read good
books. She stayed abreast of new technologies by taking computer and
software classes at a local college even after she retired in her 80s.
She was an enthusiastic collector of vintage Coca-Cola advertising and
passionately enjoyed the International Quilt Festivals and jewelry shows
in Houston each year. She loved to crochet and do ceramics, adored her
chihuahuas and regularly supported several animal rescue charities.
In her brief time in Mississippi, she could be seen around Meadville
enjoying the public library, thrift shops, dollar stores and local
festivals. She will be sorely missed by the church family at Praise
Cathedral Church of God in Meadville.
She died on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, just a few hours
shy of her 96th birthday, in Roxie at the home of her only child.
She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Marie "Candy" Beebe; her
son-in-law, J. David Beebe, Jr.; her granddaughters and their respective
spouses, Kim M. Beebe and Whitney C. Wells, Kamie L. Beebe and Darryl
St. Piette and Kelly A. Beebe and Gregory Rendon; her
great-grandchildren and their respective spouses, Kolton and Liz
Matthews, Kole and Gabi Guerin, Kinslei Scroggs and Keeper, Kaleb and
Kaydin Rendon; and her great-great-grandchildren, Kingston Guerin and
Korinne Matthews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Annie and W.H. King; her her
husband, John Casper.
Memorial can be made in memory of Dorothy Casper to Mercy House Adult
and Teen Challenge, 1110 Mary St., Georgetown, MS 39076.
Psalm 23:6: "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
An online guestbook can be signed at www.franklinfh.com.
Franklin Funeral Home of Meadville was in charge of arrangements.
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