Mattie Lou Davis Dodson, 88, of Tifton passed away Sunday, November 30, 2003, at Southern Care Assisted Living in Tifton. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Frank Morris officiating. Mrs. Dodson was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Wayne Dunn, Bobby Webb, Philip Grimes, Hank Pittman, Robert Ponder and Jamie Dillard served as pallbearers.
Born April 27, 1915, in Telfair County, Mrs. Dodson was the daughter of the late Arthur Davis and Maggie Bowen Davis. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leon Harold Dodson. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of Omega United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Pink Ladies Auxiliary at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Dodson is survived by two daughter, Bonnie Beasley of Jesup and Toby Graves of Conyers; one brother, Thomas Davis of Fort Myers, Florida; one sister, Ida May Lane of Deverin, Maryland; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.