Hubert C. Dodson

March 21, 2019

Hubert C. Dodson, 95, of Bainbridge, Ga., passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019.

A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewitt Phillips officiating.  A private interment followed at Roselawn Memory Gardens.

The family received friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com. Memorial Donations may be made to West Bainbridge Baptist Church Food Bank, P.O. Box 356, Bainbridge, GA 39818.

Hubert C. Dodson was born July 14, 1923, in Bainbridge, Ga., the son of Carlton Ray and Sudie Irene Elders Dodson. After graduating high school, Hubert served as a Merchant Marine in WW II. He went on to make a career in residential construction and could even build a fish scaler or two. When Hubert wasn’t fishing, he was visiting with friends telling a tale about the big ones he caught or on the dance floor at Pelham Country Jamboree.

Survivors include his children Kenneth Dodson, and his wife, Linda, and Carolyn D. Reynolds, and her husband, Roy, all of Bainbridge; his grandchildren, Brian & Teresa Dodson, Kevin Dodson & Rhonda Manley, Laci & Danny Moore, and Colby Dodson; and his great-grandchildren, Reese, Bowen, Ray, Chloe, Quinn, Chase, Devin, and Justin. In addition to his parents, Hubert was preceded in death by his wife Juanita Glover Dodson; his son, Rufus I. Dodson; and his siblings, Tom Dodson, Walter Dodson, Louise Musslewhite, Margarite Sheffer, and Betty Youngblood Stafford.