Mable Dorothy George

Funeral services for Mable Dorothy George were held Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 12 noon from McClain-Hays Chapel with Rev. Randy Caldwell officiating.  Burial followed in Hopewell Cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. George, 94, of Gautier, MS, died Sunday, November 28, 2021.

Dorothy (May) George was born December 8, 1926, to Clark and Annie (McBrayer) May. She was a native of the Forestdale Community of Neshoba County and a longtime resident of Kemper County. She lived with her daughter in Gautier for the past several years.  She formerly worked at Wells-Lamont and McKee’s IGA in Philadelphia.  Mrs. George was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Jean Smith (Marshall); son-in-law, Dewey Johnson; grandchildren, Penny Holmes (Derek), Joe Johnson (Briana) and Wendy George; great- grandchildren, Claire, Madeline and Grant Holmes, Cash, Wyndham, and Flint Johnson, Tori Dumas, Janie and Jaden; a host of nieces, nephews and their families.

Mrs. George was preceded in death by her husband, J.V. George; son, Gary V. George; daughter, Patricia Ann Johnson; parents, Clark and Annie May; sisters, Sarah Cherry, Mary Buell, Evelyn Nicholson and Betty Jean Pinter; brother, J.C. May.

Pallbearers were Derek Holmes, Grant Holmes, Dale Alford, Dewey Johnson, Joe Johnson and Marshall Smith.

Family requests memorials be made to Alzheimer's research, or your favorite charity.