~ IN MEMORY ~
DoraLee Thrasher
June 7, 1940
- September 12, 2024
Shared by airline friends and family, the passing
of DoraLee Thrasher, daughter of Southern/Northwest Airlines pilot Captain
Tunis Powell Thrasher Sr. who passed in May 1996…..
sharing interesting family history….. Thrasher
Brothers Aerial Circus https://airshowfoundation.org/the-thrasher-brothers/
youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2tDLvsBYH4
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Doralee Thrasher, of Austin, Texas (by way of Atlanta, Georgia), passed
away peacefully on October 20th, 2025. A woman of grace, kindness, and an
inexhaustible spirit, she left this world after a long and courageous fight
against the ravages of scleroderma.
Doralee was born and
grew up in the Atlanta area, the oldest daughter of Tunis P. Thrasher and Grace
Knight Thrasher. Tunis was a veteran of WWII who returned stateside to join his
two brothers in founding the barnstorming Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus which
performed weekly across the South between 1945 and 1950. It was no surprise to
anyone that Doralee had inherited that same courageous and adventurous spirit
from her dad.
A proud graduate of
Georgia Tech where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and earned a
degree in Industrial Management, Doralee was an aficionado of all things
Southern. She was always at hand to proclaim the superiority of Georgia peaches
and Vidalia onions over all other competing varieties. And she was quick to
impart her knowledge to Atlanta visitors and neophytes on the proper way to
place an order at the Varsity, where she often opted to “Walk a naked dog”
(plain hot dog to go) with an “F.O.” (frosted orange). You could take her out
of Georgia but, even after almost 50 years of residence in the Lone Star State,
no one succeeded in removing Atlanta from her heart.
After arriving in
Austin, Doralee excelled in the Insurance industry, first as Travis County’s
Risk Manager and then at the Texas Association of School Boards where she rose
to Division Director of Underwriting and Marketing. Her work took her to many
countries near and far and she became a seasoned world traveler. But for
Doralee nothing could surpass the culture, cuisine, and experiences to be had
in Paris. It was an unfulfilled dream of hers to live in Paris part time.
Hopefully, in the next life.
Closer to home, her
happy place was at her cousin Miki & husband Bill Mcfatter’s magnificent
beach house (McBeach) in Panama City Beach, Florida. Over the past decade she
enjoyed annual sojourns to McBeach accompanied by family and friends.
She was an unparalleled
protector of the canine species and was a founding member of central Texas area
Helping Hands Basset Rescue.
But above all else,
Doralee was devoted to her family and countless friends. She was always there
to engage with and support them even after her illness robbed her of strength.
She is missed by all
that knew her.
Doralee was preceded in
death by both her mother, Grace Knight Thrasher, and father Tunis Powell
Thrasher, Sr..
She is survived by David
Escamilla, her best friend and husband of 35 years; her sisters Nancy Chambers
(Keith) and Ann Thrasher; her brother Tunis Powell Thrasher, Jr.; sister-in-law
Becky Escamilla (Aimee) and brother-in-law Rudy Escamilla (Laura).
Doralee is also survived
by nieces Katherine Hudson (Chase), Jillian Canada (Tim), Kristina Escamilla
Gilmore (Josh), Kelly Escamilla Pederson; and nephews Adam Thrasher (Ashley)
and Nathan Ryan Escamilla.
A memorial service will
be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 30th, at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral
Home, 5416 Parkcrest Dr., in Austin, TX with a reception immediately following.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests that donations be made to Helping Hands Basset Rescue in memory
of Doralee Thrasher.
PCN memorial site
https://www.watersfuneralservice.com/obituaries/Dora-Lee-Thrasher?obId=33069095
Dora Lee Thrasher Obituary
– Dora Lee
Thrasher, 84, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at the NMMC Hospice
Unit. She enjoyed watching westerns, coloring, reading her Bible and going to
church. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
She was a member of the Lighthouse Assembly of God………………….
Waters Funeral Home
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family
@ www.watersfuneralservice.com
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