Dorothy Reed Dow

Mrs. Dorothy Dow, 83, of the Lone Oak Community of Meriwether County, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Dow was born July 31, 1933, in McMinnville, Tennessee, daughter of the late Wilson and Laverne Fitts Reed. A former resident of College Park, she had lived in Lone Oak since 1988 and was a member of Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, where she had been active in the WMU. Survivors include her sons and daughter in-law, Kenneth Dow and Phillip and Beth Dow, all of Lone Oak; brother and sister in-law, Norman and Kathleen Reed of Kennesaw; sisters in-law, Ann Veal of Fairburn, Rose Maxwell of Lavonia; grandchildren, Chris Dow, Brandon Dow and his wife Kristi, Grant Dow and his wife Rachel, Andrew Dow and his wife Tiffany, and Sarah Ogle and her husband David; nine great-grandchildren and one soon to arrive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Dow and her daughter, Joy Sanders. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:30 a.m., Friday, September 2, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. The Reverend Michael McFarlin and the Reverend Richard Campbell will officiate and interment will be in Allen-Lee Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lone Oak. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 Thursday night. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grady Health Foundation for the Burn Center, 80 Jesse Hill, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA 30303.. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.