Tommie Jo Dodson

Tommie Jo Dodson, 61, a resident of Old Fort, passed away Thursday morning, April 12, 2007, in an Athens health care facility.

She was the daughter of the late Stella Maude Manis Gibby and Gordon Gibby.

She was able to finish high school even with a longtime childhood illness. She stayed in church and read her Bible through her illness.

She attended the Valley View Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, James Lawrence Dodson of Old Fort; daughters: Jo Ann Baldwin of Etowah and Betty Mayes of Cleveland; son, John Gordon Breedwell of Cleveland, 15 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; seven stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters: Ordra Grarren and Unifay Frank, both of Madisonville and Ardith Clary and her husband, Jim; brothers: Robert Gibby of Henry Co., Ga., and R.C. Gibby, of Clayton Co., Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.

The Remembrance of Life service will be Monday, April 16, 2007, at 11 a.m. from the Wildwood Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes with the Rev. Richard Jones and Nolan Philips officiating.

Interment will follow in the Short Creek Cemetery in McMinn County.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 this evening at the funeral home.



Tommie Dodson


Tommie Dodson, 61, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at an Athens nursing facility.

Survivors and funeral arrangements will be announced by Jim Rush Funeral Homes.



Date of Birth: August 14, 1945
Date of Death: April 12, 2007
City: Cleveland
State: TN
Funeral Home
or Sponsor: Jim Rush Funeral Home
220 Wildwood
Cleveland, TN 37311
423-472-4555
Visitation and Services: The family wil receive friends 6-9 Saturday, April 14, 2007 and again 6-9 Sunday at the Wildwood Avenue Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes. The Remembrance of Life Service will be Monday at 11:00 AM at the funeral home with Reverend Richard Jonesand Reverend NOlan Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in the Short Creek Cemetery.
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