DHALE FULTON WALLER – Eloyce Dale (“Dhale”) Fulton Waller was born on September 14, 1938 in Ruston, Louisiana to Raleigh Verner and Hazel Hollis Fulton. As a young girl, she changed the spelling of her first name to “Dhale” finding it more interesting. She grew up in Pineville, Louisiana with her older brother Hollis and her younger sister Jan. She was a Girl Scout, played the flute in marching band and loved the movies and the library. She received a Bachelor’s degree in education from Louisiana Tech University where she was nominated a campus sweetheart.
She began her teaching career at a public elementary school in Port Arthur, Texas where teachers started the year by conducting personal in home visits. The minister at her church arranged for a young teacher, Charlie Waller, to call on her at her apartment. After a few dates, they were engaged. On the train from Louisiana to East Texas to meet Charlie’s parents, Dhale was disappointed to see the East Texas Piney Woods landscape did not change to resemble the set of the movie Giant. They married on July 29, 1961 in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Dhale and Charlie settled in the suburbs southeast of Houston to pursue their respective teaching careers in the Deer Park Independent School District. After taking some time off to be at home when her children were young, Dhale was a substitute teacher then the district’s teacher for students who were homebound. She had a great compassion for these students who were ill, injured, or unable to attend classes for other reasons. She completed her Master’s degree in Education at the University of Houston at Clear Lake and completed her career as the librarian at J.P. Dabbs Elementary, where she often dressed in character of the children’s favorite books such as Amelia Bedelia.
Dhale and Charlie had two children, Lynn Leigh and Brian David, whom Dhale nurtured and encouraged in their every interest and endeavor.
Dhale was an avid reader and devoted patron of the Deer Park Public Library. She often read hundreds of books a year. She loved to send cards and handwritten notes of encouragement to family and friends. She was a marvelous hostess and a very generous giver of gifts. Her favorite places to travel were New Mexico, San Francisco, Carmel, and Malibu. She was baptized into Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of the church of Christ. She read the Bible daily and took special comfort in the beauty of the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Charlie F. Waller; daughter Lynn (Jason); son Brian (Katie); grandson Mitchell Kelly; granddaughters Sarah Waller and Mackenzie Waller; brother Hollis Fulton; sister Jan F. Duvall (Kenneth); nephew Mark Fulton (Patty); niece Leah Fulton; cousins Dianne Hollis Lundy, Sallie Rose Hollis, Donna Malone, Lanny Parker.
If you would like to honor Dhale, please consider donating to the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort in her name at disasterreliefeffort.org.
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