Dorothy Thaxton

Dorothy Thaxton

Crystal Springs

Dorothy E. Wood Thaxton, 83, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, October 24, 2014, at Pine Crest Guest Home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Dorothy was a compassionate and loving woman to all who knew her. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

Dorothy Emma Wood was born on April 8, 1931, at 19 Lake Street, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the daughter of Claude Sandifer Wood, Sr. and Katherine D. Slane Wood. Miss Hazlehurst High of 1949, she was a graduate of Hazlehurst High School and Copiah Lincoln Junior College. The youngest of nine children, Dorothy is preceded in death by seven of her Wood siblings, Evelyn Louise, Claude Sandifer, Jr, Joe Allen, Elbert Homer, Rosalyn Jean, Robert James and Katherine Delphina. She is survived by her brother Dr. John William (Billy) Wood of Texas.

Dorothy married on December 15, 1951, to James (Jimmy) Percy Thaxton, who preceded her in death. The couple resided in Crystal Springs, Mississippi and have five living children, Katherine (Kathy) Thaxton Brister and her husband Ben M. Brister, James Mark Thaxton and his wife Nancy Breazeale Thaxton, Susan Lynn Thaxton Wyatt and husband L.A. Wyatt III, William Sandifer (Sandy) Thaxton and wife Margy Lee Thaxton, and Clint Allen Thaxton and wife Sandra Burt Thaxton. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Christy Brister Bridges and husband Todd Bridges, James Marshall Brister and wife Chassity B. Brister, Melissa Thaxton Cook and husband Clay Cook, Brandon Thaxton and wife Abby Staples Thaxton, Corley Thaxton and wife Shelby McCullough Thaxton, Ashley Hannah Thaxton and William James Thaxton. There are also five great grandchildren, Meagan and Joshua Bridges; Whit, Rachel Grace and Piper Jane Cook.

The Family would like to extend sincerest thanks to her caretakers at Pine Crest Guest Home and to Dianne Hamm, Janice Freeman, Cynthia Alford, Laura Morgan, Lawanna Sandifer and Nancy Thaxton for the devoted and loving care they gave her over the last years of her life. The family would also like to thank the kind and caring staff of Fresinius Dialysis Center, Hazlehurst, MS.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2014, at Stringer Funeral Home in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, at 3p.m. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial Service will be at the Gallman Cemetery in Gallman, Mississippi. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gallman Methodist Church or the Gallman Cemetery, c/o 3007 West Gallman Road, Hazlehurst, MS 39083 or the Copiah Animal Shelter, 27084 Hwy 51 North, Crystal Springs, MS 39059.