Services will be 11:00 am Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Bellmead Funeral Home with Rev. Lester Adams officiating. Burial will be at Rosemound Cemetery. Visitation will be 7:00 pm to 9:0 ppm Monday, October 11, 2021 at the funeral home.
Paula
was born September 13, 1956, in Celina, TX to parents, Virgil and
Pauline Whatley. She graduated from TSTC with a dual degree in
horticulture and floriculture. On March 10, 1982 she married Darrell
Tomlinson in Waco.
She loved her dogs fiercely. She
enjoyed flowers, plants, and gardening. She worked in many floral
shops in Waco as well as co-owned Lil' Wolf Construction with her
husband.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Darrell
and her parents
She is survived by her son Brandon Ward
and wife, Stephanie; daughters, Torissa Bethke and husband, Jeff and
Casey Hammack and husband David; brother, Howard Whatley and wife,
Julia; her grandchildren, Adam, Rhyss, Cody, Cy, Heather, Todd &
Darla; great grand daughter Ashlea; and many nieces and nephews.
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, TX Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Thank you for the opportunity to care for your loved one. You are in our thoughts and prayers.