Dorothy A. Kirby

Funeral services for Dorothy A. Kirby of Lufkin, Texas will be held Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 11:00 am in Greenville Memorial Gardens in Piedmont. The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 4:00 until 6:00 PM on Friday evening, February 5, 2016 at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home in Newberry. Memorial contributions may be made to The Smile Train, a nonprofit providing medical treatment to poor children with facial cleft deformities. www.smiletrain.org or P.O. Box 96231 Washington, D.C. 20090 -6231.

Dorothy was born on December 22, 1927 in Tuscaloosa, AL to the late Lott Adolphus Williamson and Emily Sanford Williamson and died January 30, 2016, in Lufkin, TX. Dorothy was a devout Christian and devoted mother, a member of Chestnut Drive Baptist Church, Lufkin, TX, and a former member of Bethel Baptist Church in Prosperity. Prior to retirement, she was employed by Morrison's Cafeteria in Greenville.

Survivors include her children: Barbara Koenig of Newberry, Marilyn Detrow of Lufkin,TX, James Kirby of Burkburnett, TX; one sibling, Elowene Boyd of Fayette, AL; her grandchildren, Valarie Williams of Metter, GA, Derrick Lee of Mariposa, CA, Bryan Lee of Honea Path, SC, Jennifer Koenig of Newberry, SC, Jonathan and Joel Detrow of Lufkin, TX; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her siblings, James Otis, Clifton Bernard, Cellie Arlington, William Leroy, and Fred Alton Williamson; her husband, Albert Burnum Kirby; her children, Carol Kirby Dixon and Billie Ray Williamson.

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