Dorothy Dudley

Dorothy Helen Dudley, 81, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born Aug. 21, 1922, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Emmazar and Emma Sonora Criddle Baker. She and Woodrow W. Dudley were married July 17, 1943, at Allenville. He died Aug. 8, 1973.

Dudley attended Cape Business College. She worked several years at Florsheim Shoe Co., and then was secretary at Lynwood Baptist Church from 1963 to 1998. She was a member of Lynwood Church and former member of Women's Missionary Union.

Survivors include a son, Scott Dudley of Belleville, Mich.; two daughters, Marilyn Seyer and Patricia Rice of Jackson; two brothers, Cecil Baker of Colorado Springs, Colo., Dale Baker of Sadler, Texas; a sister, Gladys Stroder of Chaffee, Mo.; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Dr. Derek Staples officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park.