Ima Mai Dingle

  Ima Mai Dingle peacefully and confidently departed this life on October 25, 2010, after 94 years of triumphant living. Her service of triumph will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 28, at Couts Memorial United Methodist Church, 802 North Elm Street, Weatherford, Texas. Rev. Mike Marshall and Rev. Robert Briles will conduct the service. Interment will be at Memory Gardens and visitation will be at Galbraith Pickard Chapel, on Wednesday, October 27, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

  She was born on January 12, 1916, to Will and Bessie Brabson, in Brock, Texas. After moving to Oklahoma with her family, she was graduated from high school in Cowden, Oklahoma Returning to Texas, she earned her degree as Licensed Vocational Nurse at Weatherford College.

  She was a faithful long time member of Couts Memorial United Methodist Church in Weatherford, Texas. She was also a member of Daughters of the Confederacy, the African violet society and the Doss Heritage Center.

  Her family was her greatest treasure and she had unrestricted love for every member. She was blessed with seven children and their spouses: Margaret and her husband, Rev. Michael Patison, Robert Brabson, Ann and her husband, Joe Herring, Vada and her husband, Wayne Elders, Virginia and her husband, Roger Bradley, Marlene and her husband, Rick King, and LeRoy Dingle and his wife, Carole. She also has a special cousin, Orva Lou Jones.

  She also treasured her twenty one grandchildren, her forty great grandchildren, and her six great great grandchildren. 

  She was known for her generosity and her cooking, and her grandchildren often referred to her home, and especially to her kitchen, as "Dingle's Diner." There seldom was a time that one or more of her many progeny was not present in the home. The welcome mat was always out.

  In turn, her love was returned by her family and no one has ever been cared for more lovingly than she. For the last several years her daughter Vada and husband Wayne have lived with her giving her daily attention. Margaret, Ann and Ginger also visited her almost daily and son, Robert, called her every evening. Her sons-in-law declared that if there were such a thing as reincarnation, they wanted to come back as their mother-in-law because they knew they would be well taken care of.

  Ima Mai was preceded in death by husbands, Earl Williams, Benjamin Brabson, Thomas (Bud) Pearson, and M.A. Dingle; by a daughter-in-law, Joann Brabson; by an infant brother, Thomas Brabson; and by an infant grandson, Wesley Bradley.

  Pall bearers are Rodney Bradley, Jason Bradley, Justin Bradley, Robert Allen Brabson, David Brabson, and Jon Brabson. Honorary pall bearers are Roy Joe Grogan, Dr. Mark Eidson, Dr. Phil Lobstein, Dr. Tom Cockerell, Dr. Robert Johnson, and Dr. Philip Giles.

  Memorials may be given to St. Jude's Research Hospital or a charity of choice.