Arretta Echart, 102, of Dallas, formerly of Commerce, died Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center in Dallas. Graveside services will be 3:00 PM, Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Rosemound Cemetery in Commerce, with Rev. Johnnie Henderson officiating. Visitation will be at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in Greenville on Sunday from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.
Mrs. Echart was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas on November 26, 1906, the daughter of James Tarpley Horton and Lizzie Thomas Horton. On December 23, 1924, she married Lee Herbert Echart in Hunt County. She was a former owner of the Campus Dress Shop in Commerce and a member of the First Baptist Church in Commerce.
She is survived by her granddaughters, Susan Echart of Dallas and Donna Basse of San Antonio; grandson, Steve Dennie of Dallas; daughter-in-law, Dianne Echart of Dallas; great-grandchildren, Dillon Basse and Christian Dennie; and a great-great-grandchild, Jackson Dennie. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Herbert Echart on January 10, 1969 and her son, Harold Gene Echart in 1999.
