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DORA HALTON Obituary
DORA SPRIGGS HALTON (Age 94)
Our loving mother, grandmother, and retired math teacher passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 after a short stay at Doctors Community Hospital. Dora was born June 21, 1926, in Collington, Maryland. After graduating from Douglass High School and Virginia State College, she met her husband, the late Ernest Halton. She leaves behind a son, daughter and son-in-law, five grandchildren, many AKA Sorority and Mole sisters, and numerous friends. Dora loved life and lived it to the fullest! A memorial is being planned for the near future when all is safe for her family and friends to attend. Memorial donations can be made to her math scholarship at Virginia State University at www.giving.vsu.edu, at contribution designation choose "other" and type in "Dora Spriggs Halton Endowed Scholarship."
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Regina Jenkins
August 31, 2023
I really miss hearing your laugh and seeing that smile.
Love you much Greg's wife!
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Diana Watson Charles
January 29, 2021
Dora was a beautiful queen and will be missed. Thank you dear for the encouraging conversation we had last summer. May God bless you and family.
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Jacqueline Daughtry-Miller
August 16, 2020
Dora was a beautiful. She was gentle, full of life, and one in a million. Her smile made you want to dance. Her Mole sisters will miss her charm and grace. May God wrap His arms around her family and may her memories grant them peace. ❤
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