Doris Estelle Chapman Dement

September 1, 1922

March 10, 1922

Doris Estelle Chapman Dement, 99, passed away March 10, 2022, at a local hospital in Temple.

She was born on September 1, 1922, in Birmingham, Alabama, to Ranald L B Chapman and Mamie Bates Chapman. She graduated from Hume Fog High School, Nashville, TN, in 1942 and attended the Advertising Art School in Nashville in 1944.  

Doris married Grover C. Dement, Jr, on December 25, 1946, in Birmingham, AL, and together they raised a son and daughter. After living in Birmingham, they moved in 1993 to Belton, then lived five years in Columbia, TN, before moving to Temple and back to Belton.

She overcame many obstacles in her life, including polio at age four with ensuing multiple operations, poverty through the Great Depression, World War II, teenagers and macular degeneration. She even survived having COVID. 

She was a member of Salado Church of Christ and enjoyed attending Belton church services at Park Place.

She is survived by her son, John Dement and his wife, Susan; daughter, Connie Cryar and her husband, Keith of Salado; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. 

Services were held March 12 at Broecker Funeral Home Chapel, with Joe Keyes, officiating.

Services are in the care of Broecker Funeral Home,