Marie Audrey Mae Dobbins

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Marie Audrey Mae Dobbins, 100, of Dyess, died of heart failure on Friday Aug. 24, 2012, at home. Born Jan. 29, 1912, in Powhatton, she was a homemaker and a Pentecostal.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Jacob and Ida Lou Doyle; her husband, Velma Lloyd Dobbins; one son, Virgil Lee "Buddy" Dobbins; seven sisters, Bama Hartsel, Martha Lawson, Alice Thompson, Fannie Lou Tisha Fuller, Prudy Fuller, Geneva Hartsel and Marine Edrey Mae Doyle; and one brother, George Doyle.

Mrs. Dobbins leaves four daughters, Mary Lee Turner and Josie Aline Jones of Dyess, Virginia Mae Hatley of Lakeland, and Tresia Cook of Osceola;

Two stepsons, Ronnie Copeland and Charles Lee Copeland of Tupelo;

32 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; and 32 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services, officiated by Bro. Jim Roller, were held Monday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola. Burial took place at Dyess Cemetery.