Dorothy “Dot” Brimm

Dorothy “Dot” Brimm, 95, of Orange passed away Friday, June 13, at her home.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 17, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with Pastor David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be John C. Brimm, Sr., Jeremy Farwell, Lane Martin, Zachary Martin, Philip Brown, Billy Ford and Travis Brimm. The Deacons of Little Cypress Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Nashville, TN, on May 22, 1919, she was the daughter of August Carl and Nell Mae (Hildebrand) Freund. She was a longtime member of the Little Cypress Baptist Church where she was a part of the Lynn Caruthers Sunday School Class. For 40 years she taught Sunday School there and was honored for her many years of teaching by having her Sunday School room named the “Dot Brimm Room”. Mrs. Brimm was also the church secretary before becoming an insurance clerk for Travelers Insurance and then later Joiner Insurance Agency. She enjoyed crocheting, reading and crossword and jigsaw puzzles but most of all she loved playing with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, John Wesley Brimm, Sr; son-in-law, Damon Buck; two sisters and three brothers.

Those left to remember her are her children, John Wesley Brimm, Jr and wife, Sheri of Beaumont, Bill Brimm and wife, Judy of Orange, Betty Farwell and husband, Al of Orange and Edith Passmore and husband, Daniel of The Woodlands; 10 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; brother, Henry Freund of Nashville, and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family requests that donations be made in her name to the Building Fund at Little Cypress Baptist Church, 3274 Little Cypress Dr., Orange, TX 77632.