This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#266580) Joseph E. Dotson 1913-1962 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=266580> AUTHOR: Daniel R Davis, DATE: 2/16/2010 at 18:54:13 Surnames: DOTSON,BURGESS,RUSSELL,ALLEN Source: Unnamed undated newspaper clippings. Joseph (Joe) Elburn Dotson, 49, former resident of Louisa and Des Moines counties, died Oct. 3, at the base hospital, Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, GA. Death followed an apparent heart attack. He entered the service in 1930, and retired in 1953, as a master sergeant. He was born at Newport in Louisa county, July 12, 1913, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dotson. Surviving are his wife, a son, Joseph, Jr.; three sisters, Mrs. George Burgess, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Kethryn Dotson, Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. Robert Russell, 610 Brandli, West Burlinton; a brother, Sam Allen, Ft. Myers, Fla. Services were held at Atlanta Oct. 5. Burial, with military rites, was at Atlanta.