Dorothy Edwards

MRS. DOROTHY TATUM EDWARDS, 88, OF DALTON, DIED SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 AT HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER.
SHE WAS BORN IN WHITFIELD COUNTY, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE, OSCAR AND RUBY TATUM. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF DALTON HIGH SCHOOL. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1945 SHE AND HER HUSBAND FOUNDED DELL-RUBE CHENILLES IN DALTON, WHERE THEY MANUFACTURED BATH SETS AND AREA RUGS.
A MEMBER OF OF THE DALTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1928, SHE TAUGHT THE FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ALSO WORKED IN THE ANNUAL VACATIONBIBLE SCHOOL.
DOROTHY SERVED AS THE FIRST DEN LEADER FOR CUB SCOUT PACK 19 WHEN IT WAS CHARTERED IN 1953. HER DEN STARTED WITH FIVE BOYS AND SHE CONTINUED AS DEN LEADER UNTIL THE BOYS CROSSED OVER INTO BOY SCOUTS, WHEN SHE BECAME A TROOP COMMITTEE MEMBER AND CONTINUED IN THAT ROLE UNTIL THE BOYS EARNED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT. SHE WAS NAMED PACK 19’S DEN LEADER OF THE YEAR IN 1955.
DOROTHY AND ODELL WERE ACTIVE IN THE ASSOCIATION OF BAPTISTS
FOR SCOUTING MOVEMENT IN THE 1970’S AND 80’S, GIVING BOTH TIME AND MONEY AS AN INVESTMENT IN CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP AND CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 55 YEARS, ODELL
EDWARDS; BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, J. L. AND MAUDE TATUM; HER SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, VIRGINIA AND TRAMMEL HAYGOOD.
DOROTHY IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, PHYLLIS AND RICHARD DIX OF MANCHESTER, TN.
SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, RICHARD AND CAROLYN EDWARDS OF DALTON.
BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER-IN-LAW, NEIL AND MAE EDWARDS OF NICHOLSON, GA.
GRANDCHILDREN; LORI EDWARDS OF PALM SPRINGS, CA., FRANK EDWARDS, JR. OF PENSACOLA, FL., STEVEN AND GENA DIX OF MURFREESBORO, TN., DENISE DIX OF DALTON, LAURA AND PETER ROBERTS AND SUZANNE HEMPHILL OF RED BANK, TN. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, RACHEL LYNN DIX AND JARED ODELL DIX OF MURFREESBORO, TN.
NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE.
SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 11 A.M. AT THE CHAPEL OF THE DALTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. BILL WILSON, THE REV. LARRY FLANAGAN AND THE REV. PHILLIP CANNON OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL BE IN THE WEST HILL CEMETERY.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE LOVE FUNERAL HOME, TUESDAY FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. AND THEY REQUEST FLOWERS BE OMITTED AND MEMORIALS BE MADE TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH REACHING CAMPAIGN, P.O. BOX 827, DALTON, GA.30722-0827.
WORDS OF COMFORT MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT www.lovefuneralhomega.com.
LOVE FUNERAL HOME, 1402 NORTH THORNTON AVE., DALTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.