EloiseDorsey

ELOISE BLALOCK DORSEY
Co- Founder of Barnesville Buggy Days
1930 - 2012

ELOISE B. DORSEY – 82 – Retired Southern Bell – Co-Founders of Buggy Days

Mrs. Eloise B. Dorsey,of Barnesville passed away on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 in an Upson County healthcare facility. Mrs. Dorsey was born to the late Mr. Thomas Blalock and Mrs. Ida Blalock. She was amused that she was born on Dec. 12, 1930 at 12:30 a.m. Mrs. Dorsey was retired from Southern Bell. Mrs. Eloise and her late husband Hugh “Buck” Dorsey Jr. were the co-founders of Barnesville Buggy Days. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville and very active in the American Legion Auxiliary and other veterans organizations.
Survivors include her three children, Linda (and James) Anderson of Barnesville, Butch Dorsey of Barnesville and Susan (and Bob) Sims of Hampton; three grandchildren, Amy Anderson, Jonathan Dorsey and Jason Sims; a sister, Ethel Garrison; a brother, Leon (and Mary Jane) Blalock; and a sister-in-law, Carolyn Watkins. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eloise B. Dorsey will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 from the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Barnesville..

Interment will follow in Lamar Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to your favorite veterans organizations. - Monday, Dec. 17. 2012

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