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Dorothy Hairston Obituary
Dorothy Jeanette Hairston of 5236 Larkspur Drive in Winston-Salem passed away Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center after a period of illness. She was born Oct. 4, 1934, in Winston-Salem to Richard L. Hairston and Bessie Lee Hooper Hairston. She attended the Winston-Salem Forsyth County schools and was retired from N.C. Baptist Hospital. She was a member of St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and an honorary member of the Cyclops Social Club. She leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Richard B. (Debra) Hairston, Jerry (Cassandra) Hairston, Donald L. Hairston and Rodney Hairston; a daughter, Sateria H. (Jeffrey) Tinsley; six sisters, Catherine (Frank) Jackson, Gwendolyn (Eugene) Eaton-Lawrence, Shirley Bohannon, Ophelia Abney, Fostenia Hairston and the Rev. Artis Hairston Smith; several foster grandchildren, Roberta Weatherspoon, Casandra Weatherspoon, Jackie Maxwell, Maurice Brown and Denise Brown; a devoted friend, Lucille Pugh; her loving caretaker, Joann McCollum; a favored cousin, Alexander B. Hooper; and a host of devoted grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, where Pastor Best will officiate. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852. Arrangements are entrusted to Gilmore Funeral Home Services.
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Shirley W. Hairston
February 17, 2004
Sateria: On behalf of the Beulah Baptist Church family and myself we offer our most heartfelt condolences on the passing of your mother. We humbly pray that your family and her many friends will find comfort and solace in the fact that she is resting in eternal peace and that some day we will join her there. Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Beulah Baptist Church
Darrell , Chantae ,Chanell, and Keith Mangum
February 13, 2004
Shirley and family:
It is with deepest sympathy that we express our grief on your loss. We continue to pray that God allow His peace to comfort you during this time. Be ever mindful that weeping endureth for a night,but His joy returns in the morning light. Dot was a gracious and loving person,and it is comforting to know that God has received her home.
Matt Wallace
February 12, 2004
Sateria,
On behalf of yourself and your family, please accept the condolences of your classmates on the death of your mother. I have posted her obituary on our Message Board.
-- Matt Wallace, Class Webmaster, East Forsyth Senior High School Class of 1979
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