Austin American Statesman -
March 5, 2012Doris
Nell Tooley
Doris Nell Tooley passed away Friday, March
2, at an Austin hospital following several
months if illness. She was 80, born April 15,
1931, to Lem and Allzena Mae Anderson in Haskell
County near Rule, Texas.
Doris was a state employee 35 years, with the
Attorney General three years and 32 years in the
Court of Criminal Appeals as administrative
assistant for two judges. She graduated from
Rule High School in 1948, attended Draughn's
Business College in Abilene, Texas, worked for
the Haskell County clerk and later as City
secretary for the City of Rule.
She was a member of the Central Church of
Christ of Pflugerville She taught a
Ladies' Class and published Truth for Teens, a
bi-monthly magazine for teenagers. She was
preceded in death by her parents and a brother,
Tommy. Survivors include her husband Kenneth
Tooley of Austin; daughter, Andrea Kay Harty and
husband Bill of Naples, FL; three sons: Kent
Tooley, Kevin Tooley and wife Linda and Kirk
Tooley and wife Lori; all of Pflugerville; two
sisters: Ruby Barbee of Abilene, TX and Opal
Yarbrough of Imperial, TX; eight grandchildren;
three nieces and seven nephews. Services will be
held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 7 at
Cook-Walden Capital Parks Funeral Home in
Pflugerville. Visitation will ne held 6 p.m. - 8
p.m., Tuesday, March 6 at Cook Walden Capital
Parks.
Memorial contributions can be made to the
Central Church of Christ Building Fund, P.O. Box
2343, Pflugerville, TX 78691. For those wishing
to do so memorial condolences maybe made at
www.CookWaldenCapitalParks.com