Dorothy Ann Littleton True, age 100, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Hermitage Gardens in Oxford, MS. She was born April 14, 1913 in the Orwood Community of Taylor, MS to the late James Alexander and Virginia Traywick Littleton. Dorothy was a 1931 graduate of Jeff Davis High School where she was an outstanding basketball player. She worked as a seamstress and shop stewardess for Big Yank, where she retired after more than 30 years of service and she also served as a “Pink Lady” for over 30 years at the Yalobusha General Hospital and Nursing Home in Water Valley. Dorothy was an excellent seamstress and crafter, and enjoyed quilting, knitting, cooking, making cakes, and fishing. She dearly loved her family and friends, faithfully attending every family reunion until her health deteriorated. Dorothy was a member of Coffeeville Church of Christ.
Visitation will be held Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 21, 2014 at 2:00 pm in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks with Bro. Hal Johnson and Bro. Don Roberson officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell Church Cemetery in Yalobusha County, MS with George Schmidt, III, Marty Hegwood, Tim Hegwood, Jamie True, Jody True and Scotty McCain serving as pallbearers. Jack Grass, John Wayne Purdy, James Johnson and Carl Vick will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Patricia Ann Schmidt (George) of Virginia Beach, VA and Mary Hegwood (Joe) of Wauchula, FL; her sons, John True of Batesville, MS and James “Jim” T. True of Water Valley, MS; twelve grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Meshach T. True; her daughter, Frances E. Davis and her grandsons, John L. True, Jr. and William E. "Billy" Davis, Jr.