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Willis M. 'Bill' Dodson, 92, of Monticello, passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. He was born March 1, 1919 in Monticello.
He was the retired director of transportation for Whittier, CA school district, a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII, serving in Okinawa and attended the Second Baptist Church in Monticello. He was preceded in death by two lovely wives, Gladys Andreasen Dodson and Lois Austin Dodson and also by ten siblings. He was the son of the late Monroe Dodson and Susan Gardner Dodson.
Survivors include one son, Dennis Dodson and wife, Mary Ann of Los Angeles, CA; two daughters, Linda Maxie Sangster of Denver, CO and Brenda Eppich and husband, Ken of Hurricane, UT; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was the retired director of transportation for Whittier, CA school district, a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII, serving in Okinawa and attended the Second Baptist Church in Monticello. He was preceded in death by two lovely wives, Gladys Andreasen Dodson and Lois Austin Dodson and also by ten siblings. He was the son of the late Monroe Dodson and Susan Gardner Dodson.
Survivors include one son, Dennis Dodson and wife, Mary Ann of Los Angeles, CA; two daughters, Linda Maxie Sangster of Denver, CO and Brenda Eppich and husband, Ken of Hurricane, UT; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.