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Dorsey Lawrence Weddington (1918 - 2012)

Dorsey Lawrence Weddington
Born in Morgan County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at age 94 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Dorsey was born in 1918. He was the son of Walter Weddington. He passed away in 2012.

Obituary

Dorsey Weddington

Funeral Time: Monday, July 30th at 10:00AM

Dorsey L. Weddington, 94, widower of Dorothy Weddington, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the VA Hospital. Born in Payton, KY, he was a son of the late Walter and Rosa Weddington. He was a retired Greyhound bus driver and was a Navy veteran. He was a member of Macedonia Christian Church and an elder for 19 years. He was a charter member of the 954 Lodge, a 32nd Degree Mason, in the Scottish Rite and member of Oleika Shrine. Survivors are three sons, Gary, Michael and Steve Weddington; five grandchildren, Gary Weddington II, Laura Castor, Crystal Weddington, Michael Weddington II and Ashlee Slepicka; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Edwin Stamper, Jerry and Dean Haney; and special friend and longtime companion, Helen Kitchen. He was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Macedonia Christian Church. Burial will be in Blue Grass Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Terry Lacy, Perry Lacy, Gary Weddington, II, Nate Castor, and Steve Weddington, and Tyler Fields. Honorary pallbearers will be W.C. Hughes, Hubert Smith, Terry Wicker, and Reuben Kurtz. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church. Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Main St. is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to Macedonia Christian Church, 4551 Winchester Road, Lexington, 40509.


Sources

  • "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-BWZM : 11 February 2018), Dorsey L Weddington, 27 Apr 1918; citing Birth, Morgan, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPM-NH7 : accessed 18 September 2018), Dorsy Weddington in household of Joel G Wells, Cannel City, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 203, sheet 8B, line 75, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 592; FHL microfilm 1,820,592.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMF8-MP2 : accessed 31 January 2021), Doras Weddington in household of J T Wells, District 1, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1B, line 97, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 771; FHL microfilm 2,340,506.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YD-8S9 : 15 March 2018), Dorsie Wedington in household of Rosa Haney, Magisterial District 1, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88-4, sheet 7A, line 9, family 98, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1343.
  • "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K5X7-7R5 : 22 May 2014), Dorsey L Weddington, Residence, Lexington, Kentucky, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
  • "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPL-86QN : accessed 18 September 2018), Dorsey Weddington in entry for Dorothy E Weddington, Kentucky, United States, 04 Apr 1990; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Lexington Herald-Leader, born-digital text.
  • "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWB-8J2D : accessed 18 September 2018), Dorsey Weddington in entry for Rosa Lee Wells Cochran, Kentucky, United States, 31 Dec 2003; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Lexington Herald-Leader, born-digital text.

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