Obit of Dodson, Jack - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    27 Jan 2008
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::Breckinridge Cemetery--Breckinridge TX

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5 Aug 2005

Jack Dodson 1924 - 2005

Jack Dodson, 81, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at a Breckenridge 
hospital.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in 
Breckenridge with Father Eanes officiating. Burial: Breckenridge 
Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Morehart Mortuary in 
Breckenridge.

Jack Ewing Dodson was born April 13, 1924, in Haskell, Okla., to 
Harrell C. Dodson and Virginia Lee Neal Dodson. He attended Haskell 
High School and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1947 
with a degree in petroleum geology. He served in the Naval ROTC and 
the U.S. Navy for eight years. Jack married Lois Jean "Sandy" Sands 
on July 29, 1946, in Muskogee, Okla. He retired from Petco as a 
petroleum geologist after several years of service to the company. He 
and his wife moved from Ada, Okla., to Breckenridge in 1960. Jack was 
a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church where he had served as a 
senior warden. He was also a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and 
the Rotary Club, of which he was a Paul Harris Fellow. Jack served on 
the geological board of directors of the University of Oklahoma and 
as an honorary admiral of the Texas Navy.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents and wife.

Survivors: Children, Dr. Lee Dodson and wife, Laura, of Southlake and 
Carol and husband, Clarence Mandoiza, of Plano; brothers, Dr. Harrell 
C. Dodson Jr., M.D., of Oklahoma City and Dr. Richard L. Dodson, 
D.D.S., of Dallas; grandchildren, Kate Dubroc of Dallas, Dorie Noll 
of Columbia, Ill., Sarah Hunter of Wichita Falls, Eric Dodson of 
Liberty Hill and Leah Dodson of Southlake; and great-grandchildren, 
Claire Dubroc, Jacob Noll, Hannah Noll and Savannah Hunter.
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