Jennings Owen Dorsey

1911 - 1978  (66 years)

• Name	Jennings Owen Dorsey
  Birth	30 Jan 1911	Nicholas Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jan 1978	Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Burial	15 Jan 1978	Hickory Grove Cemetery, Mount Nebo, Nicholas Co., WV   [2]
  Person ID	I37804	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Tessa Gillespie,   b. 21 Apr 1912, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 23 Sep 1990, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F6118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 12 Jan 1978 - Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, 14 January 1978 MOUNT NEBO ? Jennings Owen Dorsey, 66, of Mount Nebo, Nicholas County, was dead on arrival Thursday at Summersville Memorial Hospital of an apparent heart attack. He was a farmer and a member of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving: wife, Tessa; sons, Russell and Johnny, both of Travelers Rest, S.C., Romeo, William and Jennings, all of Mount Nebo; daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman of McRoss, Mrs. Ada Todd and Mrs. Bonnie Hawkins, both of Greenville, S.C., Mrs. Mary Ellen Rittenhouse of Morgantown, Mrs. Betty Thompson of Canvas; stepsons, Waldo McWharter of Canvas, Peter Havlacek of New York City, Andrew Dorsey of Mount Nebo; stepdaughter, Mrs. Marie Amick of Rupert; sister, Mrs. Gertrude Backus of Mount Nebo; 36 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday in White Funeral Home, Summersville, with the Rev. Albert Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Mount Nebo. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette.