Dorrace "Dorrie" El Wanda Hill Poe, 94, of Houston, Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019, surrounded by her loving husband, Virgil, and family. Dorrace was born April 21, 1925, to Theodore and Lucy Hill, in Temple, Texas. Dorrace grew up in Stringtown/Dyess Grove, Texas, on a small farm with her two sisters, Colleen and Marjorie. She helped her parent with the farm, including picking cotton. She attended a one-room school house and graduated from Temple High School, where she was a member of the drill team and school newspaper. Dorrace obtained an Associates Degree from Temple Junior College, where she majored in Journalism. During World War II, she was a volunteer for the Red Cross. In 1945, she met Virgil in front of the Church of Christ, in Temple. Virgil had returned from the war and visited the church for the first time. He asked Dorrace where the Youth Bible Class was, and she said, "follow me." Virgil says he has been following her ever since. They were married October 16, 1946, in Temple, Texas. Later, they moved to Portsmouth, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; and Abilene, Texas, where Virgil attended Abilene Christian College. They later moved to Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas, where Dorrace taught Kindergarten at Spring Shadows Elementary and later, worked for the IRS, in Houston, and the Census Bureau, in St. Louis. Dorrace was a faithful member of the Memorial Church of Christ, since 1959. She taught many children Bible classes. Dorrace was a self-taught oil and watercolor artist. She loved to entertain her friends and family at her home. Virgil and Dorrace travelled all over the world.