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Dovie Kirby Obituary

Funeral service for Dovie Kirby, 97, will be on Saturday, December 20, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the Mt. Liberty Baptist Church with the Rev. Walter J. Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Eden Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Kirby remains will arrive at the church one hour prior to her service. Mrs. Kirby passed away on December 13, 2014 at Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Kirby was a member of Mt. Liberty Baptist Church; she was a Sunday School Teacher and on the Missionary Society. Survivors include her children, Gloria Kirby, of Tacoma, Wash., Dottie McMillian, Betty Wright, Charles Kirby, Jimmie (Mary) Kirby and Walter (Robin) Kirby, all of Anniston; 49 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leroy and Hattie Cowden; husband, Shelly Kirby Sr.; children, Shelly Kirby Jr. and Katherine Kirby; siblings, Tellis Cowden, Frank Cowden, Theodis Cowden, Irene Cowden, Mary Cowden, Myrtle Kelley and Channie White. Anniston Funeral Services "Where service begins and never ends." 256-236-0319

Published by The Anniston Star on Dec. 19, 2014.
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Pray God bless you all with love,serenity and unity of heart. Be bless.

Gloria Steagall

December 21, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

antonio godwin

December 20, 2014

To the family of Dovie Kirby. My sincere and deepest sympathy for your loss. Our loving creator invites us to approach him in prayer, to pour out our heart to him. [ PSALM 65 : 2 ] May he grant you peace, strength and comfort during this time of sadness

Jack Towns

December 19, 2014

May God bless you all and keep you all in his loving care. I have known Mrs. Kirby all my life and she has always been a beautiful angel. Rest on Mrs. Kirby for you have earned your wings. The daughters of the late Mrs. Barbara (Taylor) Scott.

Teresa Taylor-Rhoden

December 19, 2014

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