Dolores Pevehouse was born on September 15, 1928, in Corsicana, Texas. She Died on December 7, 2009, in Austin, Texas.

Dolores Pevehouse lived an extraordinary life. She is listed in Marquis Who's Who as an educator, artist, activist, lawyer, and writer. She lived in Texas and California.

Dolores Pevehouse grew up in New London, Texas. She was co-valedictorian of the New London High School graduating class of 1944. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 1948. She worked as an elementary school teacher in Texas and California. In California she married Benjamin Ferrell, and sometime thereafter became an accomplished artist specializing in seascapes. She was a founding member and the first board president of the annual Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach.

In 1974, Dolores Pevehouse (no longer using her married name) founded the Woman's Law Center in Orange County, California. In 1976, she earned a law degree from Western State University College of Law in Irvine, California.

In 1977, she returned to her home state of Texas. That same year she was a recipient of the Dallas Times Herald Contribution to Women Award.

From 1977 though 1979, she served as Chief Executive Officer for the Woman's Law Center in Dallas, Texas.

From 1980 though 1988, she served as Project Director for Peacemakers, Inc., and the Global Peace Project in Dallas, Texas.

In 1988, she was ordained to the ministry of the Essenes First Christian Church. A group that takes its name from the Essenes, a Jewish sect of people from the time of Jesus. Modern day Essenes hold blended Jewish/Christian teachings and practices.

In 1990, she helped organize the London Research Center for Survivors of the New London School Disaster. The deadly New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937 due to a natural gas leak. The disaster killed 295 students and teachers. In 1993, she helped establish the London Museum Cafe and Soda Fountain in New London, Texas. The museum was established to honor and remember the victims of the disaster.

In 1997, Dolores Pevehouse moved back to California where she once again became involved in art, establishing the Russian River Art School, and Studio 116 Galleries in Guernewood Park, a community on the Russian River in western Sonoma County.

In 2000, she authored a religious novel titled, I, the Christ, published by Hampton Roads Publishing.