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Dori Pawlowski Obituary
She was born Sept. 16, 1946, in Orange County, Florida, to the late John Mozelle Blanton Jr. and Retha Edna (Hamilton) Blanton.
She graduated from Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Florida in 1964 and continued her studies to earn her two associate degrees. She then worked at Western Union for a number of years before her divorce from Thomas Edward Pawlowski. She moved to Franklin in August 1980 to be near her parents. In Franklin, she volunteered at Cullasaja Elementary School and with the Girl Scouts.
She went back to school at Southwestern Community College and took some classes at Western Carolina University. She also worked at WCU for a number of years in the Student Support Services department until her retirement. After several years she and her sister, Sarah, decided to move to Rockingham to live near her daughter, Shari. After retirement she enjoyed the simple things in life such as traveling, shopping and taking walks with her family.
She is survived by her daughters, Lori Ann (Pawlowski) Smith and her husband, David, and Shari Lyn (Pawlowski) Nuttall and her husband, Donnie; grandchildren, Michael Shelby Smith, Ryan Tomas Smith, Allen Joseph (AJ) Smith, Joshua Tyler Pawlowski and Zachary Alan McMahan; and step-grandchildren Jeremy Lynn Nuttall and Alexis Dawn Nuttall; step great-grandchildren, Averlyn, Eleighen, Levi, Elizabeth, Elijah and Mykelti. Although they were step-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren, they were more than that, they were family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Sarah Sue (Blanton) Paglino who passed away in 2019, and Nancy Ann Blanton who passed away in 1983.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Appalachian Animal Rescue of Franklin or to Liberty Hospice of Aberdeen.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Online condolences can be made at crumplerfhaberdeen.com. Crumpler Funeral Home-Aberdeen is handling the arrangements.
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