Mrs. Nell Blalock Dodd

Mrs. Nell Blalock Dodd, age 82, of Gaylesville, Alabama, passed away Wednesday morning in a Rome, Georgia hospital. She was born in Cherokee County, Alabama on July 27, 1937 to the late Calvin and Don Hartline Blalock. Mrs. Dodd was a member of Chesterfield Baptist Church and was retired from Harriett-Henderson Mills. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Billy Joe Dodd.

Surviving are daughter, Patricia (Greg) Bentley; sons, Dale (Regina) Dodd, Herbert (Michelle) Dodd, Randy Dodd, and Joe Dodd; sister, Kathryn Vernon; brothers, Billy Blalock, Ronald Blalock, and Harold Blalock; Fifteen Grandchildren, Sixteen Great Grandchildren, several Nieces and Nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 12th, at 2:00 p.m. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Pariton, Chad Dodd, and Cody Bentley officiating, interment in Faith Baptist Church Cemetery. Active Palbearers will be Grandsons; Honorary Pallbearers Sam and Ann Hudsputh, Jane Canada, Mike Dodd, and Leon Dodd. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. EST. at the Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Nell Blalock Dodd.