Dorothy Dean Bedwell, 91, formerly of Plainview, passed away on July 2, 2022, in Denison, Texas. Visitation for Mrs. Bedwell will be from 6:00pm-8:00pm, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Lemons Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00pm, Friday, July 8, 2022, at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Dr. Jacob West of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements were entrusted to Lemons Funeral Home.

Dorothy was born July 22, 1930, in Ralls, Texas to Henry Alton and Sylvia Josephine (Fitzer) Lamb. She married Warner Eugene "Sonny" Bedwell, December 20, 1947, and he passed away July 19, 1997. She attended Morton schools and graduated from Morton High School in 1946. After graduating, Dorothy attended South Plains College in Levelland for two years. She went on to attend and graduate from Texas Tech University in 1974, with a Bachelor's in Texas History. She was a teacher for the Plainview Independent School District at Coronado Jr. High for over 20 years. After she retired, she continued to work as a substitute teacher for many years in Plainview and Lubbock.

Dorothy loved sewing and going to any church activities. She enjoyed spending time with her family and cherished every moment she had with her grandchildren. When her grandchildren would come to stay with her, she would take them all to the duck pond. This is a memory they will share with each other always.

Dorothy is survived by her son, Ricky Royce Bedwell of Lubbock, Texas; daughter, LeDeana Roxan Gray and husband Eddie Gray of Pottsboro, Texas; her brother, Arnold Ray Lamb from Lubbock, Texas; five grandchildren: Jennifer Bedwell, Wendi Bedwell Louk, Derrick Bedwell, Lacy Bedwell Elliot, and Trever Gray and eleven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Warner Eugene "Sonny" Bedwell; a son, Eddie Gene Bedwell; her parents, Henry, and Sylvia Lamb; two grandchildren, Jeffery Lance Bedwell, and Dayna Dene Gray; a brother, Henry Alton Lamb, Jr. and sister, Helen Marie Lamb Dobson.