Mary Willyne Dorris

Visitation: 10:00 a.m. & Homegoing Celebration: 11:00 a.m. Friday February 24th at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Lewisburg, KY Bro. Tim Nugent will be officiating. Interment: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery Born: November 25, 1920 Died: February 21, 2017 Mary Willyne (Anderson) Dorris, 96, of Lewisburg, Kentucky went to be with the Lord Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in Frankfort, Kentucky. She was born November 25, 1920 at Union Grove, Logan County, Kentucky to Carl and Myrtle Anderson. She was a widow of A.B. Dorris to whom she was married to for 57 years. She was a faithful member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church where they raised their children to have a deep relationship with Jesus. She sang in the Choir, taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School. Willyne was an evangelist at heart who shared the love of the Lord with her friends and passed out salvation tracks to strangers. She loved her family dearly, was a homemaker, a self- taught seamstress, painter, self-taught hair stylist, and she used these talents to serve her community. She developed a reputation for being an avid Rook player energizing great family gatherings. Willyne was predeceased by her husband, A.B. Dorris, a daughter Mary Johnson, one great-grandchild Jerimiah Johnson, and siblings; Edith Atkins, Curtis Anderson, Adeline Rogers, Inell Mattingly, Sherrell Anderson, Randall Anderson, and Carl Anderson, Jr. She is survived by family members; sister Grace (Wendell-deceased) Woodall of Russellville, and daughters Betty (Wilford-deceased) Gray of Union City, TN, Jo (Don) McCormick of Frankfort, KY, Diane (Jimmy-deceased) of Danville, KY, Aprile (Howard) Hunt of Danville, KY, and son Drexel (Faye) Dorris of Owensboro, KY. Grandchildren; Jeff McCormick, Linda Gray-deceased, H.Price Hunt IV, Hanna Baker, Lisa Crider, Barry Johnson, Tim Johnson, and Kim Higgins. Willyne had 23 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great- grandchildren. Funeral Home: Price Funeral Home, Inc. 252 E. Green St. Lewisburg, KY US 42256-0299