Betty Jo Dotson's Obituary
Funeral service for Betty Jo Dotson, 67, of DeRidder, LA, will be held on Friday, July 20, 2012, at 10:00 AM at Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in DeRidder, LA, with Rev. Dr. Fred Hartzel and Rev. Glenn Ducharme officiating. Burial will follow at 12 PM at Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Leesville, LA, under the direction of Labby memorial Funeral Homes, Inc. in DeRidder.
Visitation will begin on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Friday before the service at 9:00 AM until the service at the funeral home.
Betty Jo was born and reared in Los Angeles, CA and has been a resident of Vernon Parish for most of her life. She was a homemaker and member of Hilltop Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening and her animals and was a member of the Vernon Parish Humane Society. Betty Jo passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Beauregard Memorial Hospital, DeRidder, LA. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Survivors include her husband, Ronald Erwin Dotson, Sr., of DeRidder, LA; four sons, Timothy Edward Dotson, Sr. of Texarkana, TX, Ronald Erwin Dotson, Jr. and wife Shelia of Redwater, TX, Michael Ray Dotson, Sr. and wife Tara of Reeves, LA, and Jesse Robert Dotson of DeRidder, LA; daughter, Rhonda Leigh Dotson Sullivan and husband Shannon of Texarkana, AR; two step-daughters, Maria Louise Blake of Redwater, TX, and Karen Sue Runnels of Texarkana, AR; and twelve grandchildren. She was preceded in death by granddaughter Jamie Lynn Blake.
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