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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dorothy Merritt Hancock
Dorothy Merritt
Hancock
March 11, 1936 – January 5, 2014
Dorothy Merritt Hancock's Obituary
Dorothy Hancock, 77, of Nashville, died Sunday January 5, 2014 at her daughter's residence in Tifton.
She was born March 11, 1936 in Ambrose, Georgia to the late Walter Merritt and Minnie Vickers. She was a homemaker and attended Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, cooking for others, and especially spending time with her grandchildren. She was the widow of William Auston Hancock who died in 1998.
She is survived by her daughter: Renee Hancock of Tifton; son: Dr. William (Tonja) Hancock of Tifton; 5 grandchildren: Sarah Mathilda O'Neal, Merritt David Hancock, William Dalton Hancock, Olivia Claire Hancock, and Rachel Lynn Hancock; sister: Elizabeth Hand of Gainesville; brother: Roy Merritt of Ambrose; special niece: Bernice (W.E.) Hughes; numerous other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 8, 2014 at 2 PM in the Chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with Rev. Eldridge Lyons and Rev. J.W. Dukes III officiating. Interment will follow in the Nashville Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM.
Memorials to: Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church: C/O Mrs. Joyce Royals 6135 Hwy 168 Nashville, GA 31639
She was born March 11, 1936 in Ambrose, Georgia to the late Walter Merritt and Minnie Vickers. She was a homemaker and attended Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, cooking for others, and especially spending time with her grandchildren. She was the widow of William Auston Hancock who died in 1998.
She is survived by her daughter: Renee Hancock of Tifton; son: Dr. William (Tonja) Hancock of Tifton; 5 grandchildren: Sarah Mathilda O'Neal, Merritt David Hancock, William Dalton Hancock, Olivia Claire Hancock, and Rachel Lynn Hancock; sister: Elizabeth Hand of Gainesville; brother: Roy Merritt of Ambrose; special niece: Bernice (W.E.) Hughes; numerous other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday January 8, 2014 at 2 PM in the Chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with Rev. Eldridge Lyons and Rev. J.W. Dukes III officiating. Interment will follow in the Nashville Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Tuesday from 7 to 9 PM.
Memorials to: Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church: C/O Mrs. Joyce Royals 6135 Hwy 168 Nashville, GA 31639
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