John Douglas Dortch

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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.



Birth:
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)

Buried:
Grave location:
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John married Betty Hall. [Group Sheet]

John married Judy. [Group Sheet]

Maria married Charles Glen Hardy. [Group Sheet]

Corrie married Brent Zimmerman. [Group Sheet]