Meeker, Stories

Talks like a Texan but Colorado is home

MEEKER I “I never got over the drawl,” Dorothy Chappell said in her soft southern accent. The gentle drawl, held over from her early years in Texas, seems well-suited to her kindness and devotion to family.
Dorothy was born in Hereford, Texas, and lived there until she was 14. Her family moved to Eads, Colo., where her family ran a tourist court, managing cabins and a campground for travel trailers.
She was graduated from high…