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Dorrie Spears, a devoted wife, mother, Grammy, cherished daughter, sister and friend, was carried in the arms of an angel to her peaceful eternal resting place above on Friday, April 25, 2008. A private family service will be held in New Mexico, where her final resting place will be with a view of the mountains she loved. To celebrate her life, she would be deeply honored to have donations (tax deductible) made to the Dorrie Spears Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Tarrant County College Foundation, 1500 Houston, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, so that others may have the opportunity to continue their studies and to carry on Dorrie's dream to help others. Dorrie was born Nov. 21, 1951, in Lincoln, Neb. She lived in Arizona and New Mexico before being swept off her feet to Texas, where she lived the remainder of her life with Mike Spears, her loving and devoted husband of 25 years and faithful companion "Bear." After working as a patient advocate for MHMR of Tarrant County, she returned to school, where she was obtaining licensure as a licensed chemical dependency counselor working toward a degree in mental health clinical counseling psychology. Dorrie was eager to learn and always willing to assist her peers in achieving their goals. Dorrie had an amazing gift of compassion, a sweet spirit with a kind, loving heart that will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She will forever be in our hearts. She survived by her parents, David and Jean Martin of Bosque Farms, N.M.; husband, Michael Spears of Arlington; son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Stacy Spears and cherished, grandchildren, Avery Grace and Griffin Michael of Allen; sisters, Jeannie King and Gig Philipp of Denton and Charlene and Jim Kelly of Albuquerque, N.M.; brother, Scott Martin of Mobile, Ala.; father-in-law, Herschell Spears; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Candi and Lee Highsmith of Arlington; nephews, David King, Justin Martin, Stephen and Michael Kelly and Ben Highsmith; niece, Katie Highsmith; aunts and uncles, Jack and Virginia Kirkland, Dale Kirkland and Lila Dennison, and many cousins of Lincoln, Neb., and Roy and Donna Jean Root and cousins of Boston.
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