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Dorothy Atkinson Obituary

Dorothy L. Atkinson, 90, of Richmond, died Saturday, December 31, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Clyde Atkins, Irvin Farmer, and John Atkinson; her parents, John C. and Fabrena Leber; a grandson, Todd J. Farmer; two sisters, Vernel Perks and Alice Walker. She is survived by two sons, Jerry (Marilyn) Atkins of Iowa City, Iowa and Irvin J. Farmer Jr. of Charlottesville, Va.; five grandchildren, Nikki (David) Annen, Eric (Carlyn) Atkins, Brian Atkins, Kevin (Ginger) Farmer, Marc C. Farmer; three great-grandchildren, Marissa and Tara Annen, Aaron Farmer; her brothers and sisters, Thelma Stinson, Ann Carroll, Mary Ligon, Joe and John Leber. Mrs. Atkinson was an active member of Fairmount Memorial Baptist Church. Her loves included her family, her home and flowers. Her family will receive friends from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Road, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday. Interment Signal Hill Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Fairmount Memorial Baptist Church, 4205 Ravenswood Rd., Richmond, Va. 23222.
Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch from Jan. 2 to Jan. 4, 2006.

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Linda Walton

January 5, 2006

She will always be sweet Aunt Dot to me. She was a special lady who never forgot her first husband's family even after she remarried. We will miss her sweet smile and her love for her family and friends.

Wendy Taylor

January 5, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this difficult time. Love, Doug, Wendy, Alex, and Jono

John Slaughter

January 4, 2006

To Jerry Sorry to hear about the death of your mother.Time moves on ,and we need to keep those memories of OLD HIGH SCHOOL mates fresh in our mind. How about AMERICAN HISTORY with GOV ? Your mother had a long life,and you have ,great memories of her love. TAKE CARE

Arlene Kaczinski

January 3, 2006

I would like to express my sympathy to the family of Mrs. Atkinson. I am a good friend of Marilyn and through conversations with her I felt as though I knew Mrs. Atkinson although I had never met her. Having just lost my mother recently my prayers are with your family during this difficult time.

Brenda Johnson

January 2, 2006

To the Family,

I have been Dorthy neighbor for 7yrs

and I have grown so close to her, I am going to miss her... but I do have plenty of GOOD memories.

May the Lord be with you all to get you through these difficult times.

Bless you All!

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