Elba Louise Dodd

BRADFORD - Elba Louise Dodd, age 77, of Bradford, died at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Heartland of Greenville, Greenville, Ohio. She was born in Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 19, 1935, to the late Randolph and Annie (Cantrell) Cornelius. On March 28, 1955, in Sandusky, Ala., she married Charles E. Dodd. He preceded her in death on Dec. 30, 1993.
Elba is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and William Alvey, Morehead, Ky.; three sons: Charles E. Dodd II, Piqua, Samuel L. Dodd, New Weston, and James M. Dodd, Greenville; one brother: Arthur Cornelius, Birmingham, Ala.; 14 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Anita Joyce Dodd; and three brothers, Charles Cornelius, James Cornelius amd Mitchell Cornelius; three sisters, Mary Vance, Evelyn Sawdor and Libby Gormley; and one grandson, Matthew Arron Dodd.
Elba was a member of Railroad Street Church of God, Sidney. She was a homemaker.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2013, at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua, with Pastor Richard Travis officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, 646 W. High St., Piqua, OH 45356 to help defray the funeral expenses. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.melcher-sowers.com.