Jerry R. Dotson

            Mr. Jerry R. Dotson, age 74, of Rome, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at a local hospital.

            Mr. Dotson was born in Huntsville, Alabama on January 30, 1942, son of the late Rev. Raymond R. Dotson and the late Polly Hughes Dotson Brown.  He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force.  Mr. Dotson was a 1960 graduate of Huntsville High School.  He was a member of the Sherwood Forest Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon.  He was also a member of the West Rome Booster’s Club for several years and was a former member of the Rome Jaycee’s.  Prior to retirement, he worked for a number of years for Sterchi’s Furniture Company.

            Survivors include his wife, Sherry Sanders Dotson, to whom he was married on August 11, 1967; two sons, Tony Dotson and his wife, Karen, Mansfield, TX, and Chris Dotson and his wife, Jacki, Eastman, GA; ten grandchildren, Matthew, Jacob, Zachary, Aaron, Rhesa, Rheanna, Sanders, Sarah Kay, Samuel and Jonna Dotson; a niece and nephews also survive.

            Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 2pm at the Sherwood Forest Baptist Church with his sons, Tony Dotson and Rev. Chris Dotson as well as Dr. Talmadge Barnes, Dr. Ralph Jenkins officiating.  Interment will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 11am Eastern Time at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, AL.  Mr. Dotson will be taken to the church on Wednesday to lie in state from 1pm until 1:45pm.

            The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, on Tuesday from 6 until 8pm.  At other hours, they will be at the residence.

            Members of the Men’s Sunday School Class at Sherwood Forest Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers and are asked to assemble at the church on Wednesday at 1:30pm.

            In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Sherwood Forest Baptist Church Building Fund, 1 Goodman Road, Rome, GA 30161.

            Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, North Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements.