Dorothy “Dot” Brumley O’Quinn went home to be with the Lord on November 4, 2015. She was 90, a native of Many. She graduated from Many High School in 1942, then completed her education at Draughon Business College in Shreveport. After graduation, she became secretary to the Commanding General at Ft. Polk, then later moved to Alexandria and worked for the state office of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. In 1953, she became the beloved wife of the late Dr. Daniel Thomas O’Quinn and moved to Metairie, where she has resided for the past 62 years. In addition to devoted wife and mother, she found time to work as a Tupperware dealer and manager, followed by working in the local office of Cutter Laboratories, and finally as receptionist and manager of her husband’s medical office. She was a vibrant Christian lady known for her broad smile and love for her precious Savior, a member of First Baptist Church of New Orleans and a former member of Metairie Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Walter Houston and Ella Dew Brumley; seven brothers and sisters, Odie Brumley Williams, J.A. Brumley, Sr., Vance Brumley, Eutha Brumley Mains, Truie Opal Brumley and Eva Brumley. She is survived by brothers, Cecil and Hubert Brumley, of Converse and daughters, Linda McLelland and husband, Jeff Ellis, of Amarillo, Texas; Pam O’Quinn and husband, Billy Rowe, of Mandeville and Danielle O’Quinn Benfield, of Birmingham, Alabama. She was “Grandme” to six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Jason, and wife Sophie, Ellis, and their son Chase and Joy and husband, Chad Webb, and their daughter Autumn and son Samuel, all of Amarillo, Daniel Thomas Twardzik, of Mandeville and Elizabeth and husband, Josh Cooley, with son Camden and daughter Bradleigh, Claire Benfield and Olivia Benfield all of Birmingham. Dot and Dr. Dan had many “adopted” children and grandchildren, mostly from the Baptist Seminary in New Orleans, that they loved dearly as their own, especially Jerry and Carol Aultman, sons Brandon and Eric, of Dallas, Texas. She will also be missed by many nieces and nephews in her extended family. Dot’s smiling face and loving-kindness will never be forgotten by those whose lives she touched in so many ways. She was remembered in a graveside service at Mt. Zion cemetery on November 12, followed by a time of remembrance for her family and friends in the fellowship hall of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Many. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any who desire to make a donation to the Mt Zion Cemetery fund, c/o Charles Mains, 15053 Highway 175, Many, LA 71449. Arrangements by Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many.
July 16, 2026
