General Information

Birth
24 AUG 1923
Viney Grove Community, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
16 OCT 2024
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
21 OCT 2024
West Fork Cemetery, Washington County, Arkan sas

Notes

Dorotha Loree Bilbrey Tate

Age 101, a resident of West Fork, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born August 24, 1923 in Viney Grove, Arkansas, the daughter of George and Fannie (Shumate) Wood.

Dorotha worked in the West Fork School cafeteria for 17 years. She loved to make quilts and gave one to each member of her family. She started babysitting so she could stay home and care for her mother. The children she cared for included Brandon Marshall, David and Bryan Lindabury, Anthony and Emily (Nichols) Daugherity and they were just like her own grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands Huse Bilbrey which she was married to from 1942-1982 and L.D. Tate which she was married to from 1994-2020, her only beloved child Larry Bilbrey, and much loved daughter-in-law Linda Odom Bilbrey, her sister Mary Belle Easter and her husband Melvin and their only child Jerry and her sister Evelyn Wood.

Funeral Service will be held 2:00 PM Monday, October 21st, 2024, at Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. Burial will be in the West Fork Cemetery, there will be no graveside service held.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Brandon Marshall, David Lindabury, Bryan Lindabury, Anthony Daugherity, Kody Nichols, Lyle Hays, Steve Odom, and Sonny Marhsall

Online guest book, www.luginbuel.com.

Parents

George Dewey Wood
- Father
1900 - 1966
Birth
9 OCT 1900
Lollar Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
10 JAN 1966
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
12 JAN 1966
West Fork Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Fannie Shumate
- Mother
1900 - 1981
Birth
27 DEC 1900
Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
21 AUG 1981
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
24 AUG 1981
West Fork, Washington County, West Fork, Arkansas

Spouses

Huse Bilbrey
- Husband
1916 - 1982
Birth
1 APR 1916
Compton, Newton Coiunty, Arkansas
Married
1 JUL 1942
Death
24 JAN 1982
Fayettevile, Washington County, Arkansas
L.D. Tate
- Husband
1923 - 2020
Birth
20 MAR 1923
Savoy Community, Fayettevile, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
10 SEP 2020
Fayettevile, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
12 SEP 2020
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Larry Huse Bilbrey
- Son
1946 - 2015
Birth
2 SEP 1946
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
26 NOV 2015
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
30 NOV 2015
West Fork Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas