DODSON OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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DODSON, Elizabeth DELOZIER 1845 - 1922

Elizabeth, daughter of Uncle Neddie and Aunt Kitty Delozier, was born near 
Gerster, Mo., Jan. 28, 1845, and died March 3, 1922, at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. Chas. Miers, in Calhoun, Mo., aged 77 years, 1 month and 3 days.  All her 
childhood and early girlhood was spent at the old home near Gerster, Mo., and just 
at the breaking out of the Civil War and at the early age of 16 she was married 
Dec. 26, 1861, to Thos. Milton Dodson.  The young husband being called to service 
in a short time after their marriage she spent the three years of the war in the 
home of her brother, James Delozier, of Leesville, waiting patiently and 
prayerfully for the coming of her soldier husband and together they spent 51 
years of blissful and happy wedded life, the husband passing to his reward in July 
1912.  To this happy union twelve children were given, all of whom are left to 
mourn this grand old Puritan mother.  The children are: Mrs. Frank Duvall, Coal, 
Mo.; Mrs. Chas. Miers, Calhoun, Mo.; Mrs. John Sanders and Mrs. Geo. Sanders, 
Deepwater, Mo.; Mrs. Virgil Dunning, Ohio P.O.; Francis, Commerce, Okla.; Ben and 
Griff, Neck City, Mo.; Thomas and Karry, Deepwater, Mo.; Henry and Walter, Ohio 
P.O.  Besides these children there are 48 grandchildren and 42 great-
grandchildren, 2 brothers - jams and Crum Delozier, and one sister, Mrs. Tize 
Jacobs, Oklahoma; one brother, Beck Delozier, and one sister, Mrs. Ann Wilson, of 
Leesville, Mo.  She was converted and joined the Tebo Baptist church some 30 
years ago, later removing her membership to Pleasant Valley Baptist church, 
where she remained a faithful member until her death.  Grandma Dodson, like all 
pioneer mothers, saw a great deal of the seamy side of life, but her greatest joy 
was in administering to the needs of her family and giving them the care and 
guidance that only a mother of her type can give and her family of honorable, 
upright men and women, stand as a monument to her untiring and faithful council.  
Children grieve not, for this dear one but so live that you may join her when it 
comes your time to leave this old world, for you know that had been her prayer 
all your lives and only think how happy your mother is today to be able to join 
hands with the dear companion she has so deeply mourned, and think of her joy at 
having her family in an unbroken circle.  All her children were present for the 
funeral except one son who was confined to his bed with the flu.  The funeral 
services were held at the Brownington Baptist church, March 6, 1922, by Rev. J. 
M. Ramsey, of Clinton, assisted by Rev. H. F. Wright, of Lowry City, after which 
she was laid to rest beside her husband in the Maplewood cemetery.  Six of the 
grandsons acted as pallbearers.


DODSON, May MARTIN 1897 - 1982

May M. Dodson, daughter of W. A. and Mollie East Martin, died at noon Friday, 
August 13, 1982, at the home of her daughter in Strafford, MO, following a long 
illness. She was married to James E. Dodson and they had three children. She 
began a market on Third Street in Clinton during the Depression, where she 
helped many people who were unable to make ends meet. No matter what the 
weather or time, she was always there at the store. Funeral services were 
August 17 at Vansant-Mills Chapel with burial in Englewood Cemetery. 


DODSON, Walter Martin 1917 - 1980

Walter M. Dodson, 62, died on April 24 1980. He was owner of Economy Market in 
Clinton. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Vansant-Mills Chapel. 
Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery. He is survived by his mother, May, of the 
home; a daughter and a sister. 

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