CHAFFEE -- Cleveland "Pop" Dodd, 83, died Friday, April 11, 1997, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was a resident of Chaffee.
He was born Jan. 10, 1914, in Dallas, Texas, son of Andrew and Alice Kelso Dodd. He married Maggie Ann Cochran on Oct. 9, 1948.
He is an Army veteran of World War II. He worked until retirement as a painter and finisher for Superior Electric in Cape Girardeau.
He is survived by his wife; three sons, Frankie Dodd of Crosset, Ark., Jimmy Dodd of Glovis, Calif., and Gene Dodd of Morley; one stepson, Marvin Burton of Chaffee; two stepdaughters, Mildred Senciboy of Chaffee and Mamie Cowgar of Sikeston; one brother, Irvin Dodd of Amory, Miss.; one sister, Ella Beatrice Phelan of Aberdeen, Miss.; seven grandchildren, 12 stepgrandchildren, three great-grandchildren and numerous step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, three brothers, one sister and three stepsons.
Visitation will be today at 4 p.m. at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, and funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in New Morley Cemetery in Morley.
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