Otis Dabney Jr., retired paint foreman at Ford Otis Dabney, Jr., 65, of Amherst died Sunday at his home after being diagnosed with cancer in February. Born in Lake City, Tenn., he was raised in Lake City and moved to Sandusky when he was 15. He lived there for 33 years. He had lived in Amherst since 1971. Mr. Dabney worked as a foreman in the paint department at the Ford Assembly Plant for 20 years. He retired in 1983. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He was stationed in Japan. Mr. Dabney was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Amherst. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, gardening and hunting. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Christine (nee Jeffers); sons Byron of Columbus and Mark of Lakewood: brothers George, Ed., O.L. and Paul, all of Clinton, Tenn., Ben and Jack of Sandusky, Elmer of Memphis and Joseph Michael of Mountview, Ark.; and sisters Ann Gilliam of Reno and Raney Faye Boyels of Muncie, Ind. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Otis and Marie (nee Harris) Dabney. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Hemple Funeral Home, 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Faith Baptist Church, 440 North Lake St., Amherst, where the Rev. Robert N. Barrett, pastor of Faith Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Ridge Hill Memorial Park, Amherst Township. Memorials may be made to Faith Baptist Church. Source: Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, April 14, 1998