Ginny Dodd Lane

Ginny Dodd Lane Ginny Dodd Lane, 72, died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, in Dallas, Texas. Online visitors may sign the guest registry at www.iveyfuneralhome.com.There will be a special celebration of her life in Jakin, Ga., on June 14, 2008. Ginny Dodd was born January 29, 1935, in Atlanta, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Hubert Dodd. She graduated from Washington High School in Washington, Ga., in 1953, was very active in the Tri-Hi-Y and Methodist Youth Fellowship groups, and was a very enthusiastic cheerleader for all four years of high school. Ginny attended Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., and then decided to see the world, taking a position with American Airlines as a stewardess. She later moved to Tallahassee and worked as a church secretary at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. She attended Florida State University and received her degree in elementary education and later received her master's degree in ESL (teaching English as a second language). She taught school in Tallahassee and Thomasville, Ga., for 15 years before returning to FSU to receive her Interior Design degree, and began doing interior design work, starting her own business, Petals and Interiors. Ginny was very active in Trinity United Methodist Church in Tallahassee for 35 years. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Arthur Yeager of Dallas; four grandchildren, Christian, Sarah, Katie and Patrick Yeager of Dallas; three loving sisters, Matilda Dodd Trawick and Becky Dodd Hollady, both of Tallahassee, and Berta Dodd Marbut of San Antonio; nine nieces and nephews; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Young Harris College, P.O. Box 116, Young Harris, GA 30582 (attn.: The Dodd Scholarship Fund), or Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Rd., Macon, GA 31210.