Although Gene said that he was born in Dumas, Arkansas, his birth certificate stated he was born in Watson, the tiny town where he grew up.
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Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr.
TUSCALOOSA | Dr. Eugene Dobson Jr., a gifted linguist and dedicated teacher, died August 8, at age 66. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 11th at Canterbury Chapel at 2:00 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Tillar Cemetery in Tillar, Arkansas, where his parents are buried.
Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr., was born August 9, 1936 in Dumas, Arkansas, son of Lois Peacock Dobson and Eugene Dobson, Sr. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School, Arkansas, and attended Henderson College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he graduated with a B. A. in English in 1957.
He entered graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied English and Comparative Literature and served as a teaching assistant off and on from 1957-1965. During this time he traveled to Hamburg, Germany as an exchange student on a Fulbright Travel Grant, taking course work in German literature and teaching American Literature at the University of Hamburg. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas in 1966, with a specialty in Tennessee Williams. He has been a longtime member of Phi Beta Kappa.
During 1961-62, he served as Instructor of English, German and World Literature at Northeast Louisiana State University, Monroe, Louisiana, and in 1962 moved to Tuscaloosa where he became instructor of German in the University of Alabama's Department of German and Russian.
During 1963-1965, he taught at the University of Hamburg in Germany and served as Lektor for American Studies in the English Seminar. He returned to the University of Alabama in 1965 as instructor in the Department of German and Russian, where he retired as Associate Professor of German in 1996.
While at the University of Alabama, Dr. Dobson did research on Thomas Mann and other German exile writers and did translations of German scholarly works for the University of Alabama Press. He developed courses and textbooks on German culture studies, including Germanic mythology, music, modern German literature and Faust. For many years he taught a popular course in German play production.
He was married to Frances Tucker for 17 years.
Dr. Dobson loved music and had sung in church choirs since he was in high school. He was a charter member of the Tuscaloosa Community Singers, and in the past had sung in choirs at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pine Bluff, at St. Paul's in Fayetteville, at Grace Church in Monroe, La.; at St. Matthias Church and at Canterbury Chapel in Tuscaloosa. He also taught Sunday School at St. Matthias for many years, as well as a course in Education for Ministry through the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Survivors include his daughter, Rachel Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his sons, David Dobson of San Francisco, William Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his former wife, Frances Tucker. Other survivors are Patricia Peacock of Stuttgart, Ark., Brenda Peacock Cahill of Sherrill, Ark., Barbara Peacock Wood of Little Rock, Mary Ann Woodworth of Little Rock, and many other cousins in Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Dianne and Omer Baker, Carolyn Barrett, Patricia Beatty, Christel and Robert Bell, Sydney Cummings, Bonnie Craig, Nadja Destuni and Peter Hough, Don Noble and Jennifer Horne, Dwight and Eleanor Eddins, Roberta Ford, Greg Freeze, Elsie and Emmett Gribbin, Houston Martin, Margaret and Chap McGaughy, Emmett Parker, Terry Pickett, Mary Gray Porter, Ben Porter, Frances Tucker, and Rick Turner.
There will be a reception following the service at Canterbury Chapel's Student Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for the Canterbury Chapel choir or to the charity of one's choice.
This obituary was originally written by Frances Tucker and Gene Dobson with help from their children and friends.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20030810/NEWS/308100341?tc=ar
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Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr.
TUSCALOOSA | Dr. Eugene Dobson Jr., a gifted linguist and dedicated teacher, died August 8, at age 66. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 11th at Canterbury Chapel at 2:00 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Tillar Cemetery in Tillar, Arkansas, where his parents are buried.
Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr., was born August 9, 1936 in Dumas, Arkansas, son of Lois Peacock Dobson and Eugene Dobson, Sr. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School, Arkansas, and attended Henderson College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he graduated with a B. A. in English in 1957.
He entered graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied English and Comparative Literature and served as a teaching assistant off and on from 1957-1965. During this time he traveled to Hamburg, Germany as an exchange student on a Fulbright Travel Grant, taking course work in German literature and teaching American Literature at the University of Hamburg. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas in 1966, with a specialty in Tennessee Williams. He has been a longtime member of Phi Beta Kappa.
During 1961-62, he served as Instructor of English, German and World Literature at Northeast Louisiana State University, Monroe, Louisiana, and in 1962 moved to Tuscaloosa where he became instructor of German in the University of Alabama's Department of German and Russian.
During 1963-1965, he taught at the University of Hamburg in Germany and served as Lektor for American Studies in the English Seminar. He returned to the University of Alabama in 1965 as instructor in the Department of German and Russian, where he retired as Associate Professor of German in 1996.
While at the University of Alabama, Dr. Dobson did research on Thomas Mann and other German exile writers and did translations of German scholarly works for the University of Alabama Press. He developed courses and textbooks on German culture studies, including Germanic mythology, music, modern German literature and Faust. For many years he taught a popular course in German play production.
He was married to Frances Tucker for 17 years.
Dr. Dobson loved music and had sung in church choirs since he was in high school. He was a charter member of the Tuscaloosa Community Singers, and in the past had sung in choirs at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pine Bluff, at St. Paul's in Fayetteville, at Grace Church in Monroe, La.; at St. Matthias Church and at Canterbury Chapel in Tuscaloosa. He also taught Sunday School at St. Matthias for many years, as well as a course in Education for Ministry through the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Survivors include his daughter, Rachel Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his sons, David Dobson of San Francisco, William Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his former wife, Frances Tucker. Other survivors are Patricia Peacock of Stuttgart, Ark., Brenda Peacock Cahill of Sherrill, Ark., Barbara Peacock Wood of Little Rock, Mary Ann Woodworth of Little Rock, and many other cousins in Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Dianne and Omer Baker, Carolyn Barrett, Patricia Beatty, Christel and Robert Bell, Sydney Cummings, Bonnie Craig, Nadja Destuni and Peter Hough, Don Noble and Jennifer Horne, Dwight and Eleanor Eddins, Roberta Ford, Greg Freeze, Elsie and Emmett Gribbin, Houston Martin, Margaret and Chap McGaughy, Emmett Parker, Terry Pickett, Mary Gray Porter, Ben Porter, Frances Tucker, and Rick Turner.
There will be a reception following the service at Canterbury Chapel's Student Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for the Canterbury Chapel choir or to the charity of one's choice.
This obituary was originally written by Frances Tucker and Gene Dobson with help from their children and friends.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20030810/NEWS/308100341?tc=ar
Although Gene said that he was born in Dumas, Arkansas, his birth certificate stated he was born in Watson, the tiny town where he grew up.
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Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr.
TUSCALOOSA | Dr. Eugene Dobson Jr., a gifted linguist and dedicated teacher, died August 8, at age 66. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 11th at Canterbury Chapel at 2:00 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Tillar Cemetery in Tillar, Arkansas, where his parents are buried.
Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr., was born August 9, 1936 in Dumas, Arkansas, son of Lois Peacock Dobson and Eugene Dobson, Sr. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School, Arkansas, and attended Henderson College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he graduated with a B. A. in English in 1957.
He entered graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied English and Comparative Literature and served as a teaching assistant off and on from 1957-1965. During this time he traveled to Hamburg, Germany as an exchange student on a Fulbright Travel Grant, taking course work in German literature and teaching American Literature at the University of Hamburg. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas in 1966, with a specialty in Tennessee Williams. He has been a longtime member of Phi Beta Kappa.
During 1961-62, he served as Instructor of English, German and World Literature at Northeast Louisiana State University, Monroe, Louisiana, and in 1962 moved to Tuscaloosa where he became instructor of German in the University of Alabama's Department of German and Russian.
During 1963-1965, he taught at the University of Hamburg in Germany and served as Lektor for American Studies in the English Seminar. He returned to the University of Alabama in 1965 as instructor in the Department of German and Russian, where he retired as Associate Professor of German in 1996.
While at the University of Alabama, Dr. Dobson did research on Thomas Mann and other German exile writers and did translations of German scholarly works for the University of Alabama Press. He developed courses and textbooks on German culture studies, including Germanic mythology, music, modern German literature and Faust. For many years he taught a popular course in German play production.
He was married to Frances Tucker for 17 years.
Dr. Dobson loved music and had sung in church choirs since he was in high school. He was a charter member of the Tuscaloosa Community Singers, and in the past had sung in choirs at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pine Bluff, at St. Paul's in Fayetteville, at Grace Church in Monroe, La.; at St. Matthias Church and at Canterbury Chapel in Tuscaloosa. He also taught Sunday School at St. Matthias for many years, as well as a course in Education for Ministry through the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Survivors include his daughter, Rachel Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his sons, David Dobson of San Francisco, William Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his former wife, Frances Tucker. Other survivors are Patricia Peacock of Stuttgart, Ark., Brenda Peacock Cahill of Sherrill, Ark., Barbara Peacock Wood of Little Rock, Mary Ann Woodworth of Little Rock, and many other cousins in Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Dianne and Omer Baker, Carolyn Barrett, Patricia Beatty, Christel and Robert Bell, Sydney Cummings, Bonnie Craig, Nadja Destuni and Peter Hough, Don Noble and Jennifer Horne, Dwight and Eleanor Eddins, Roberta Ford, Greg Freeze, Elsie and Emmett Gribbin, Houston Martin, Margaret and Chap McGaughy, Emmett Parker, Terry Pickett, Mary Gray Porter, Ben Porter, Frances Tucker, and Rick Turner.
There will be a reception following the service at Canterbury Chapel's Student Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for the Canterbury Chapel choir or to the charity of one's choice.
This obituary was originally written by Frances Tucker and Gene Dobson with help from their children and friends.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20030810/NEWS/308100341?tc=ar
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Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr.
TUSCALOOSA | Dr. Eugene Dobson Jr., a gifted linguist and dedicated teacher, died August 8, at age 66. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 11th at Canterbury Chapel at 2:00 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Tillar Cemetery in Tillar, Arkansas, where his parents are buried.
Dr. Eugene Dobson, Jr., was born August 9, 1936 in Dumas, Arkansas, son of Lois Peacock Dobson and Eugene Dobson, Sr. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School, Arkansas, and attended Henderson College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he graduated with a B. A. in English in 1957.
He entered graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he studied English and Comparative Literature and served as a teaching assistant off and on from 1957-1965. During this time he traveled to Hamburg, Germany as an exchange student on a Fulbright Travel Grant, taking course work in German literature and teaching American Literature at the University of Hamburg. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Arkansas in 1966, with a specialty in Tennessee Williams. He has been a longtime member of Phi Beta Kappa.
During 1961-62, he served as Instructor of English, German and World Literature at Northeast Louisiana State University, Monroe, Louisiana, and in 1962 moved to Tuscaloosa where he became instructor of German in the University of Alabama's Department of German and Russian.
During 1963-1965, he taught at the University of Hamburg in Germany and served as Lektor for American Studies in the English Seminar. He returned to the University of Alabama in 1965 as instructor in the Department of German and Russian, where he retired as Associate Professor of German in 1996.
While at the University of Alabama, Dr. Dobson did research on Thomas Mann and other German exile writers and did translations of German scholarly works for the University of Alabama Press. He developed courses and textbooks on German culture studies, including Germanic mythology, music, modern German literature and Faust. For many years he taught a popular course in German play production.
He was married to Frances Tucker for 17 years.
Dr. Dobson loved music and had sung in church choirs since he was in high school. He was a charter member of the Tuscaloosa Community Singers, and in the past had sung in choirs at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pine Bluff, at St. Paul's in Fayetteville, at Grace Church in Monroe, La.; at St. Matthias Church and at Canterbury Chapel in Tuscaloosa. He also taught Sunday School at St. Matthias for many years, as well as a course in Education for Ministry through the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Survivors include his daughter, Rachel Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his sons, David Dobson of San Francisco, William Dobson of Tuscaloosa, and his former wife, Frances Tucker. Other survivors are Patricia Peacock of Stuttgart, Ark., Brenda Peacock Cahill of Sherrill, Ark., Barbara Peacock Wood of Little Rock, Mary Ann Woodworth of Little Rock, and many other cousins in Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Dianne and Omer Baker, Carolyn Barrett, Patricia Beatty, Christel and Robert Bell, Sydney Cummings, Bonnie Craig, Nadja Destuni and Peter Hough, Don Noble and Jennifer Horne, Dwight and Eleanor Eddins, Roberta Ford, Greg Freeze, Elsie and Emmett Gribbin, Houston Martin, Margaret and Chap McGaughy, Emmett Parker, Terry Pickett, Mary Gray Porter, Ben Porter, Frances Tucker, and Rick Turner.
There will be a reception following the service at Canterbury Chapel's Student Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for the Canterbury Chapel choir or to the charity of one's choice.
This obituary was originally written by Frances Tucker and Gene Dobson with help from their children and friends.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20030810/NEWS/308100341?tc=ar
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