Dorothy Boyette
Dorothy "Dot" Cornelia Ward Boyette, 85, died on Sunday, August 17, 2014.
Dot was born in Bainbridge, Georgia and was the oldest daughter of seven children. She graduated from the Atlanta Law School in 1952. She worked in an Atlanta law firm for 38 years. In Atlanta, she was active in the Methodist Church and the Georgia Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
She was married to William "Bill" Rhyne Boyette from Toccoa, Ga., in 1952. After living in Atlanta for 42 years, Dot and Bill returned to Bainbridge to retire in 1987. Dot and Bill were married for 51 years.
In 2009, Dot moved to Signal Mountain, to be near her son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons. She attended the Signal Crest United Methodist Church. She was an avid gardener and loved to cook and knit.
Dot is survived by her two sons, William Boyette and Jimmy Boyette; daughter-in-law, Lisa Boyette; two grandsons, Zach and Sam Boyette; and two sisters, Juanita Allen and Anne Johnson.
Her memorial service will be in the Marr Chapel of Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church, Signal Mountain, Tn., at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22. A graveside service will be held at North Atlanta Memorial Park in Dunwoody, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 23, at noon. The family will receive friends immediately after each service.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the AIM Center for Mental Health, 472 W M L King Blvd., Chattanooga, Tn. 37402.
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Arrangements are by Lane Funeral Home, Ashland Terrace, 877-3524.