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David grew up in Rand and graduated from DuPont High School where he played basketball and football. He served as a Fire Protection Specialist in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1972. He also played for the Whiteman Air Force Base basketball team. He coached baseball for Northeast Little League and men's and women's softball for the Nazarene Softball League. David was a proud union member of the United Mine Workers of America for more than 40 years and retired from Patriot Coal's Big Mountain Division.
David attended Nazarene Bible College and became an ordained elder of the Church of the Nazarene in 1999. He pastored Seth Nazarene Church and Alum Creek Nazarene Church. He also served as the assistant pastor at Campbell's Creek and St. Albans Churches of the Nazarene.
David was the son of the late Clyde and Irene Hinzman Dorsey. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Michael and Virgil Dorsey.
David is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Peggy Russell Dorsey; daughter, Shannon Dorsey-Dunlap and son-in-law Tony Dunlap of Tornado; son, James Dorsey and daughter-in-law Lisa Dorsey of Elkview; grandchildren, Aaron Dunlap of Atlanta, Georgia, Madeline Dunlap of Huntington and Taylor Dorsey of Elkview; sisters, Brenda Kay Sharp and brother-in-law Mike Sharp of Tazewell, Tennessee, Jennifer Dorsey and partner John Critchfield of Winfield; and sister-in-law, Charlotte Dorsey of Charleston.
Special thank you to Gary Monday and the members of the Alzheimer's Support Group, the staffs of the Hansford Center Caring Minds and Hospice Care, along with private caregivers Delphia and John for the wonderful care and support.
Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon Saturday, February 22, at Stevens & Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with Rev. Greg Hill officiating. Entombment will follow at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes.
Visitation with family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, February 21, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation in David's memory to Kanawha Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Blvd., W, Charleston, WV 25387 or the Alzheimer's Association, 1601 2nd Ave., Charleston, WV 25387.
The online guest book can be accessed at www.stevensandgrass.com.
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Garry and Carolyn Marie Blocker
February 21, 2020
"For to me, to live is CHRIST
and to die is gain."Phil 1:21
Keith and Rev. Daphene Richard
February 21, 2020
To the Dorsey family,
Keith and I are praying for you'll. We know that your hearts are heavy at this time. We don't know what David is doing right now. But we can put our imagination to work and say that he is now shouting all over Heaven. Can't you hear that booming voice praising Jesus. Perhaps he is even visiting with his family and seeing other too. What day that will be, when we are all up there too.
Love and prayers,
February 20, 2020
Peggy and family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad time.
Linda McSparin
Corrie Whittington
February 20, 2020
He was a great man. Sure left an impact on my husband and I while at Alum Creek Nazarene. David married us and spoke at my sons funeral. He will be missed. Many thoughts and prayers to his family.
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