John Douglas Dortch

1930 - 2009  (78 years)

• Name	John Douglas Dortch
  Born	03 Nov 1930	Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL
  	Social Security Death Index Name: John D. Dortch Last Residence: 36925 York, Sumter, Alabama BORN: 3 Nov 1930 Died: 22 Mar 2009 State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 2009	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co. AL
  Buried	Choctaw Corner Cemetery, Thomasville, Clarke Co. AL
  	Grave location: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35104765&ref=acom
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1940 Federal Census Name: John Douglas Dortch Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1931 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Alabama Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama Street: Claiborn Road Inferred Residence in 1935: Thomasville, Clarke, Alabama Residence in 1935: Same House Household Members: Eva Spinks Dortch 45 Eloise Dortch 22 Jean Dortch 19 Kirksey Dortch 13 John Douglas Dortch 9 Robert Dwain Dortch 7 OBITUARIES The Meridian Star; 25 March 2009 THOMASVILLE, Ala. ? Services for John Douglas Dortch Sr. will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. David Wilkinson and Dr. Doug Dortch Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Choctaw Corner Cemetery. Mr. Dortch, 78, of York, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at the Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He was born November 3, 1930, in Thomasville to the late Kirksey Dortch and Eva Spinks Dortch. He was a graduate of Thomasville High School and the University of Alabama. He was a first Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.Mr. Dortch owned and operated the Western Auto Associate Stores in York and Livingston for 30 years, where he was known for his integrity, diligence, and congenial spirit. He was a faithful member of the York Baptist Church, and served as a deacon. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Betty Hall Dortch; his son, John Douglas Dortch Jr. and his wife Judy, of Tallahassee, Fla.; his daughter, Maria Dortch Hardy and her husband Glen, of Tuscaloosa; his grandchildren, Corrie Dortch Zimmerman and her husband Brent, of Jacksonville, Fla., John Douglas Dortch III, of Tallahassee, Fla., Charles Glen Hardy Jr., James Douglas Hardy, and Emily Faith Hardy, all of Tuscaloosa; and his brother, Kirksey Dortch, of Birmingham. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Eloise Dortch Holloway and Jean Dortch Bouler; and his brother Robert D. Dortch. Pallbearers will be Jimmy Black, John Dortch, Glen Hardy, James Hardy, Andrew Wilkerson, and Brent Zimmerman.Honorary pallbearers will be Billie Carney, Johnny Cook, Glenn Dortch, Norman Masters, and Robert Taylor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the York Baptist Church, 314 N. Broad St., York, Ala. 36925, or the Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35404.Visitation will be Thursday, one hour prior to services at the funeral home.
  Person ID	I27833	Master File
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Kirksey Dortch,   b. 06 Mar 1887, Clarke Co. AL ,   d. Jun 1939, Clarke Co. AL  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Eva Ophelia Spinks,   b. 13 Mar 1895, Alabama ,   d. 20 Apr 1990, Alabama  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F12021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Hall
  Children	+ 1. John Douglas Dortch, Jr. + 2. Maria Dortch
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F12025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart