DOROTHY LEE STURGILL
1911-1963
Dorothy Sturgill Rites Today At First Methodist
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Spears Sturgill, 51, resident of Portage,
Indiana, and formerly of this city, died in a hospital in
Valparaiso, Indiana, Sunday, August 25 following an extended
illness.
She was the daughter of the late John L. and Dora Stafford Spears
and a granddaughter of the late Hamilton and Judith Ward Spears
and of the late Frances Marion and Marietta Lavendar Stafford,
both prominent families of the county.
She received her education in the Paintsville City Schools and was
a member of the First Methodist Church of this city before moving
to Portage three years ago, where her membership was in the McCool
Methodist Church.
She was a former employee of the Federal Government, serving in
the Welfare Agency, the Postal Department and the Employment
Office in both levels of Federal and State.
She was preceded in death by two sons, David Lee and John Harris.
Surviving are her husband, Glen J. Sturgill; a son, Daniel Gerald,
and a daughter, Marietta, both at home; two other daughters, Mrs.
Fred Colvin, Decatur, Illinois; Mrs. Daniel Caudill, Moline,
Illinois; a brother, John L. Spears of this city; a sister, Mrs.
Edna May Hiber, Bremerton, Washington. She was a niece of Miss
May Stafford, Mrs. F. F. Smith and DeWitt T. Stafford all of this
city.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m., today at the First
Methodist Church with the pastor, the Reverend Robert Hart
officiating.
Pallbearers were Leroy Slone, Deward Kazee, Ed Tyler, Burlin
Griffith, Millard Vance, Fred White, G. E. Pack, Sr., and Winifred
Bailey.
Burial was in the Stafford Cemetery.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
8-28-1963
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