Dorothy Dean Tomlin, 70
She was a department store manager at Neisner’s in Detroit, Mich., and employed by Best Western in Woodhaven, Mich. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Ms. Tomlin was preceded in death by her parents; John Smith and JoAnna Adams Tomlin; brothers, Wayne McGee Tomlin, John Smith Tomlin, Jr., William Hubert Tomlin and Hugh Donnell Tomlin; sister Nannie Azalea Tomlin Thomas; niece Phyllis Stanley, great niece Tabitha Azalea Stanley and great-great-great-nephew Spencer Jordan Bryant. She is survived by nephews, Terry Tomlin, Richard Tomlin and Michael Tomlin; nieces Florine Wilson, Pam Tomlin, Paulette Ripley, Susan Boren, Ronda Rayl and Melissa Perkins, special great-niece Tina Ripley and several great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral services were held Thursday at Jennings and Ayers Chapel in Murfreesboro with Owen Ivery officiating. Burial followed in Bradley’s Creek Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 16, 2005