MR CARROLL DORSEY

H CARROLL DORSEY, 79 PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 30, 2011 AFTER A 21 YEAR BATTLE WITH PARKINSON`S. HE WAS BORN IN NASHVILLE, GA ON JANUARY 30, 1932. CARROLL GRADUATED FROM ASBURY COLLEGE, WILMORE KY. EARNED HIS MASTER`S IN EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AND WAS THE FIRST TO ATTAIN AN EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST DEGREE FROM VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERISTY, VALDOSTA, GA. FOR OVER THREE DECADES CARROLL WAS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN RHEA COUNTY,TN WHERE MANY STUDENTS REMEMBER HIM FOR SHOUTING "FREEZE" WHEN HE CAUGHT A TARDY IN THE HALLS.HE BEGAN WORKING IN TIFT COUNTY,GA SCHOOLS IN 1969 AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL HE RETIRED IN THE EARLY 90`S. THOUGH IT WAS OPPOSED AT TIMES, HE INSISTED ON BEGINNING EACH SCHOOL DAY WITH THE PHRASE; "THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HATH MADE." CARROLL INTERGRATED 3 SCHOOLS AND COACHED BOXING. HAVING BEEN A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST SINCE 1972, HE ENJOYED STUDYING THE BIBLE, AND WAS A MEMBER OF DALLAS BAY BAPTIST. HE LOVED BURSTING IINTO SONG AND HANDING OUT DOLLAR BILLS TO LITTLE CHILDREN. CARROLL WAS A UT FOOTBALL FAN, EVEN WHILE RESIDING IN GEORGIA, ENJOYED HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND WAS AN AVID PRANKSTER. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EE AND VELMA DORSEY AND BROTHER, BOB DORSEY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 41 YEARS, SHIRLEY GARRISON DORSEY; SON HAL DORSEY,DAUGHTERS, JOYCE(FARRELL) LANDON AND SARA(DOUG) GATLIN,GRANDSON, CALEB GATLIN, A SPECIAL GOD-GIVEN BROTHER, BOB MC BRIDE, AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREGIVER, GAIL ELDER AND CHERISHED FRIEND,HOLLY COWAN. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE SALVATION ARMY, 800 MC CALLIE AVE, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37403 OR ASBURY COLLEGE, JIMMY FULLER SCHOLARSHIP FUND, ONE MACKLEM DR, WILMORE, KY. 40390.