MRS. DOBBS
Former nurse, teacher
COMMERCE - Mrs. Elizabeth Beard Dobbs, 87, died Monday, March 6,
2000, at St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, following an extended illness.
Mrs. Dobbs was a daughter of the late Wilburn and Lucy Hamilton Beard.
She had worked as a private duty nurse, caring for newborn babies
and new mothers, and later became a kindergarten and day care
teacher. Mrs. Dobbs was the founder of the Literacy Program for
Jackson County, receiving much recognition for her achievements.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lilburn Dobbs.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in the
chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce, with Robert Eberhert and
Richard Gasser officiating. Burial will be in Jackson Memorial Gardens, Commerce.
Mrs. Dobbs is survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Pauline and
Joe Waters, Commerce; sister, Glynn Dalen, Holiday, Tenn.; and several nieces
and nephews.
The family was to have received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Ivie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The Jackson Herald, March 8, 2000
