The Roanoke Leader April 1912

NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, April 24, 1912

IN MEMORY OF MR. HENRY J. DORMAN

In memory of Mr. Henry J. Dorman, who departed this life on Jan. 31, 1912 at 4
a.m. Our home was saddened when the death angel visited our home and bore away
the sweet spirit of our dear and loving father H.J. Dorman. He was a faithful
husband, a kind and affectionate father that will always be missed by us; not
only by us, but in the community in which he lived. He was not only kind and
true to his family but to his neighbors and fellow men. He was always ready to
offer a helping hand when it was in his power to do so. To love and respect and
treat everybody kindly, to make friends and have the love of his Master, was his
motto. In 1896 he gave his heart to God and united himself with the Methodist
church at Penton, Ala. Since that time he had been a faithful servant to the
Master. The night previous to his death he talked sweetly of the Savior, saying
he had for a long time been laying up treasures in heaven and that the Lord had
blessed him.

Father has crossed over the valley of death where there is no sickness or
sorrow. He was only sick nine days with pneumonia, suffered intensely, but bore
his misery with great fortitude. He was 63 years of age, was reared in Chambers
County, Ala., near Buffalo where his life was spent until nine years ago when he
moved to Lanett, Ala., and resided there until two years ago when he moved near
Bacon Level and spent the rest of his life.

He leaves a host of friends and relatives at both places to mourn his death. He
is survived by a wife and three daughters and one brother, J.C. Dorman of
Altoona, Ala; three sisters, Mrs. A.E. Bonner of Milltown, Ala., Mrs. L.C.
Lawson and Mrs. E.C. Gaylord of Buffalo.

On Feb. 1st, 1912, father's precious body was laid to rest at Bacon Level
cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. A.S. Brannan, of Roanoke.

" We miss father dear,
we miss the sunshine of his face,
his fond and earnest care,
we miss him from his place,
we miss him everywhere."

His Children