Dorothy Kist Obituary
DOROTHY NELL KIST
FT. GAINES… Dorothy Nell Kist, a resident of Fort Gaines Health and Rehab, formerly of Malvern, Alabama and Cowarts, Alabama, passed away Thursday morning, December 18, 2025, at Fort Gaines Health and Rehab. She was 85.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 22, 2025, at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory Chapel with Reverend Joey Hudspeth officiating. Burial will follow in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Headland, Alabama. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. prior to the service. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that contributions be made to Calvary Baptist Church in Cottonwood, Alabama, to the Lottie Moon Campaign, 267 Metcalf Street, Cottonwood, Alabama 36320.
Mrs. Kist was born in Henry County, Alabama to the late Sydney W. Richardson and Ethel Lenora Armstrong Richardson. She lived most of her lifetime in the Malvern, Alabama and Cowarts, Alabama areas before moving to the Fort Gaines Health and Rehab almost ten years ago. She loved her family and chose to stay home and care for them herself.
Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Donald Kist; her brother, Jimmy Richardson; and her sister, Eunice Starling.
Leaving to cherish her memories are her daughter, Cynthia Hayes; her sons, Ricky Hayes and Dennis Hayes (Debbie); her brothers, James Richardson (Patricia) and Joseph Richardson (Linda); her grandson, Dustin Spivey (Heather); and her great-granddaughter, Melody Spivey; and her several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The family wanted to thank the staff of Fort Gaines Health and Rehab, and also to the Georgia Hospice Group, for the loving and compassionate care shown to Mrs. Kist during this time.
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