Dale Allen Dummitt

Maysville - Dale Allen Dummitt , 80 years old, of 2307 Glen Drive in Maysville,Kentucky, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2013 ,at the Maysville Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center after losing his battle with liver failure.

Dale was born February 16, 1943, at Camp Dix, Kentucky, in Lewis County, the youngest of six children, to Ora(Cooper) and William Dummitt. He graduated from Laurel High School as the class valedictorian. Upon graduating from Morehead State University with a B.S. degree in 1966, he taught math and science at Lewis Co.High School from 1966-1969. After receiving a National Fellowship Grant to pursue a Master's degree at Cornell University, the family moved to Horseheads, New York, in August,1969 ,where he completed his Master's degree at Cornell and was then employed by Horseheads Central School District as a math and science teacher from 1970-1998. After retiring from teaching, Dale and his wife Colleen returned to Kentucky where she currently resides.

Dale enjoyed golf with his friends in Horseheads and later with friends at Laurel Oak Golf Club where he and his wife were members for several years. After returning to Kentucky, Dale enjoyed twenty years of gardening and sharing produce with many of his Washington Glen neighbors. His greatest love was spending time with his wife, his daughter and her family,and his son and his family.

Hie is survived by his wife Colleen(McClanahan) Dummitt with whom he celebrated sixty years of marriage on June 1, 2023. Family survivors include his daughter Cindy (John) Scott and granddaughter Sasi Scott of Middletown,Ohio,and his son Sean (Anna Laura Bennett) and granddaughters Claudia June Bennett-Dummitt and Lucy Ann Bennett-Dummitt of Odenton,Maryland. He is also survived by his sister Erma Hamilton of Greensburg, Indiana, his sisters-in-law, Sharon Teegarden of Brooksville,Kentucky, and Kim McClanahan of Waynesboro,Vrginia, as well as a brother-in-law, Louis Kalin of Waynesboro,Virginia. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews of the Dummitt family as well as nieces and nephews from the McClanahan family, and a former bother-in-law, Jay White, of Sandpoint, Idaho.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by two brothers, Gene and Edsel Dummitt and two sisters, Mabel Bloomfield and Hildreth Stone as well as his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Adrian and Eileen McClanahan. Finally, he is predeceased by his brother-in law,Richard Teegarden of Brooksville, Kentucky, and a sister-in-law, Michele McClanahan White, of Augusta, Kentucky.

Dale was a fan of several local sports team including the UK basketball and football teams, the Cincinnati Bengals and Reds. He enjoyed watching the games with his wife and other family members.

He was a member of the Retired Teachers Association of Horseheads,New York, a member of NYSUT(New York State Teachers Union) ,and a former member of the Elks Club in Horseheads,New York. He was also a baptized member of the former Wellsburg Christian Church which he helped to build in the early 1960's along with his father-in-law Adrian McClanahan and his brother-in-law Richard Teegarden.

Services will be held at Moore and Parker Funeral Home in Brooksville, Kentucky,located at 41 Hackett Ridge Road. Visitation will be held on July 21 from 5-8 PM followed by funeral services at 11 AM on July 22. Burial at Johnsville Cemetery will follow after the funeral services are concluded. Family and friends are invited to a celebratory meal at New Hope Christian Church, 6048 Parry Lane off US 68. Those not wishing to attend the burial service should plan to arrive at the church between 2:30 and 3 PM.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association at P.O. Box 7023, Merrifield, Va.,22116 ( online at their website) or to New Hope Christian Church, 6048 Parry Lane, Maysville,Kentucky,41056.