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Velma B. Dockery

Visitation:
Thursday, August 27, 2009
4:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Colvin Funeral Home
425 N. Main St.
Princeton, IN 47670

Service:
Friday, August 28, 2009
10:00 AM
Friendship Christian Church
Baldwin Heights
Princeton, IN 47670



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Velma B. Dockery, 94 of Princeton, Indiana passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton. She was a member of the Friendship Christian Church in Princeton. She worked at Rath Packing Co for 18 years and also worked for Brown Shoe Company and as a nurse for awhile. She was born January 1, 1915 in Benton, Arkansas. She was the Gibson County Red Cross Shero of 2009.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Mary Anderson & Merle Baugh; 1st husband, Raymond Tuley in 1972; 2nd husband, Orrel Dockery in 1998; son, William "Bill" Hill; 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Velma is survived by her daughter, Merlene Levers of Princeton; son, Raymond Tuley of Santa Rosa, CA.; daughter-in-law, Joan Hill of Las Vegas, NV;18 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; 36 great-great grandchildren; and 3 great great-great grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday August 28, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at the Friendship Christian Church, Baldwin Heights, Princeton, IN with the Pastor Philip Hodges and Rev. Gene Siverly officiating. Burial will be at the Forrest Township Cemetery in Forrest, Illinois. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 P.M. on Thursday at the Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Friendship Christian Church in Princeton. Envelopes will be available at Colvin Funeral Home.


 


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