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Virginia <I>Abernathy</I> Dobson

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Virginia Abernathy Dobson

Birth
Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Jul 2017 (aged 95)
Estill, Hampton County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Virginia Abernathy Price Dobson of Brunson, died Monday afternoon in the Pruitt Health Care Facility in Estill.

Mrs. Dobson was born November 19, 1921 in Madisonville, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Floyd Abernathy and Esther Evans Abernathy Keefe. She worked as a seamstress in the sewing room in St. George, and retired from the School Board of Florida. She had also worked locally at ‘Lisbeth’s Dress Shop in Varnville, and with her husband at Dobson’s Store on Luray Highway visiting with their many customers. She loved sewing, cooking, doing yard work, walking and attending the many senior group meetings in Church and in Hampton. She was a member of the Hampton United Methodist Church and the Seed and Weed Garden Club.

Surviving are: Her husband: Ellis Dobson of Brunson; Daughter: Martha Ann Platts (Holbrook) of Hampton; Son: Tommy Price (Ann) of Hanahan; Five step-sons: Jimmy Dobson of Columbia, Kenny Dobson, Jerry Dobson, Randy Dobson and Dudley Dobson of Barnwell. There are five grandchildren: Charles Gatch, Mandy Rister, Susan Gilliam, Janet Stone and David Platts. There are eight great grandchildren and three great, great granddaughters.

Mrs.Dobson was predeceased by her first husband Thomas A. Price, her daughter and son-in-law, Harriet and Tommy Gatch, her grandson Raymond Gatch and great granddaughter Virginia Gilliam.

Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Thursday in the Hampton United Methodist Church with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Walterboro, directed by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton.

Visitation will be Thursday beginning at 1 P.M. at the church prior to services.


Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home, Inc
Mrs. Virginia Abernathy Price Dobson of Brunson, died Monday afternoon in the Pruitt Health Care Facility in Estill.

Mrs. Dobson was born November 19, 1921 in Madisonville, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Floyd Abernathy and Esther Evans Abernathy Keefe. She worked as a seamstress in the sewing room in St. George, and retired from the School Board of Florida. She had also worked locally at ‘Lisbeth’s Dress Shop in Varnville, and with her husband at Dobson’s Store on Luray Highway visiting with their many customers. She loved sewing, cooking, doing yard work, walking and attending the many senior group meetings in Church and in Hampton. She was a member of the Hampton United Methodist Church and the Seed and Weed Garden Club.

Surviving are: Her husband: Ellis Dobson of Brunson; Daughter: Martha Ann Platts (Holbrook) of Hampton; Son: Tommy Price (Ann) of Hanahan; Five step-sons: Jimmy Dobson of Columbia, Kenny Dobson, Jerry Dobson, Randy Dobson and Dudley Dobson of Barnwell. There are five grandchildren: Charles Gatch, Mandy Rister, Susan Gilliam, Janet Stone and David Platts. There are eight great grandchildren and three great, great granddaughters.

Mrs.Dobson was predeceased by her first husband Thomas A. Price, her daughter and son-in-law, Harriet and Tommy Gatch, her grandson Raymond Gatch and great granddaughter Virginia Gilliam.

Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Thursday in the Hampton United Methodist Church with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Walterboro, directed by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton.

Visitation will be Thursday beginning at 1 P.M. at the church prior to services.


Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home, Inc


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  • Created by: Bob Nuchols
  • Added: Aug 1, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181965301/virginia-dobson: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia Abernathy Dobson (19 Nov 1921–31 Jul 2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 181965301, citing Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Bob Nuchols (contributor 46830425).