Mrs. Dorothy June Vernon Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Dorothy June Vernon, age 86, of Shelbyville, a native of Lincoln County, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020, under the loving care and comfort of her family and Willowbrook Hospice. Funeral service will be 2 PM Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Jeff Smith will officiate, with burial to follow in Blanche Cemetery in Lincoln County. The family will receive visitors 1 PM until service time Friday at the funeral home. She was born September 8, 1933, in Taft, Tennessee, to the late Shelton and Naomi Ferguson Jones. She was a Home Economics teacher with the school system in Huntsville, Alabama, for 35 years, and a faithful member of Southside Church of Christ. She attended Blanche High School and graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree from Middle Tennessee State University. She went on to obtain her Master’s Degree from the University of Alabama. Dot, as her friends knew her, was a caring and giving person with the heart of an angel. Her legacy will live on through the memories and the love she instilled in everyone that she met. Preceding her in death were her husband, Raymond H. Vernon, Jr. a sister, Cathy Jones; a brother Ray Jones. Survivors include two sons, Randy Vernon, and his wife Kim, of Rockvale, and Tim Vernon, and his wife Christy, of Huntland; sister in law, Brenda Jones; grandchildren, Jami Hage, and her husband Steven, Shelley Vernon, and Chase Vernon; great grandchildren, Caroline Walker, and Coleman Hage. Memorials may be made to Southside Church of Christ Ministries. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.

Mrs. Dorothy June Vernon

September 8, 1933 - June 9, 2020