Born March 6, 1915, in Thayer, Mo., to the late William D. and Sara Elizabeth Huff Wooldridge, she was married March 19, 1932, to Roy A. Dortch, who also preceded her in death. She was a long time member of Rock Springs Methodist Church and of the Eastern Star.
She also was preceded in death by one brother, Jim Wooldridge; two half-brothers, Lloyd Smith and Clarence Smith, and three half-sisters, Hallie Ward, Esther Gardener and Clessie Watson.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Mozelle Dortch of Paragould and Randal and Sharon Dortch of Lancaster, Ohio; two daughters and one son-in-law, Mae Kellim of Citrus Heights, Calif., and Ima and Robert Lyles of Granite Bay, Calif..; eight grandchildren, Chip Dortch, Kin Varvil, Jim Kellim, Mike Kellim, Tom Dortch, Pamela Anderson, Teresa Sundstrom and Steven Lyles, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Rector with Rev. James Henry Dortch officiating. Burial was in Rock Springs Cemetery in Knob with Mitchell Funeral Home of Rector in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were her grandsons and great-grandsons: Jim Kellim, Mike Kellim, Steven Lyles, Josh Noel, Zach Noel and Cody Noel.
Memorials may be made to the Rock Springs Cemetery Fund.



