This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Paxton, Dodds, Morrison, White, Pridmore, Fey Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YZ5.2ACIB/1024 Message Board Post: Bedford Times Mail Bedford, IN January 24, 2004 Velma Pauline Dodds Jan. 18, 1917 - Jan. 22, 2004 HANOVER - Velma Pauline (Paxton) Dodds, 87, of Hanover, formerly of Bedford, died at 6:02 p.m. Thursday, January 22, at King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison. Born January 18, 1917, in Oolitic, she was the daughter of John and Mary L. (Morrison) Paxton. She married Paul L. Dodds on August 16, 1941, and he died November 15, 1987. She retired from Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bedford; AARP; Business and Professional Women's Club, where she was past president; Women's Department Club; and National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Chapter 0578. Survivors include one grandson, Jon Scott Dodds of Bedford; two nephews, Stephen White of Madison and Muir Frey of Ann Arbor, Mich.; one niece, Melissa Pridmore of Winnetka, Ill.; and one great-grandson, Jerrod Dodds of Bedford. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, John Dodds; and two sisters, Maxine Fey and June White. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, January 26, at Cresthaven Memory Gardens of Bedford. Burial will follow. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. until the time of service on Monday at Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Arrangements are under the direction of Day & Carter Mortuary of Bedford.