Jesse Dal Dotson

jesse dotson

September 20, 1924 ~ September 7, 2000


Resided in: Asheville, NC

JESSE DAL DOTSON Jesse Dal Dotson, 75, of 291 Oakley School Road, died Thursday, September 7, 2000, in a Hendersonville hospital. A native of Buncombe County, he was a son of the late Charles William and Annie Mae Wilson Dotson. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of WW II and was a former organ technician for Dunham’s Sales & Service. He was a deacon and Bible Teacher at Gashes Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Baldwin Dotson; three sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Sandra Dotson of Asheville, David and Greta Dotson of Woodstock, GA, and Stan Dotson and Kim Christman of Fairview; six grandchildren, Kelly Dotson of Canton, Kim Bradley of Candler, Kregg Dotson and Kris Dotson of Asheville, Damien Rogers of Fairview and Jessica Dotson of Woodstock, GA; three great-grandchildren, Tommy and Katie Bradley of Candler and David Dotson of Canton; four brothers, Jim Dotson of Fairview, Dwight Dotson of Asheville, Tony Dotson of Brevard and Don Dotson of Asheville; two sisters, Zelda Sayles of Asheville and Mary Burton of Hendersonville; six step-children and their spouses, Carlton and Suzette Radford, Mary Ellen and Lee Southard, Gene and Janet Radford, Mike and Cindy Baldwin, Steve and Melonie Baldwin, and Roger and Janet Baldwin; fourteen step-grandchildren, April and Vanessa Radford, Adam and Crystal Southard, Samantha Radford, Jesse, Tim, and Joel Baldwin, Sarah Leuschel, Tabitha Gafken, Rachel and Jacob Baldwin, and Johnnie and Jessica Baldwin. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Gashes Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Johnny Tiller and Ed Christman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and request that memorials be made to the Gashes Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, 306 Gashes Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803. To sign the on-line register please go to “Funerals Scheduled at www.grocefuneralhome.com.

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  1. Please accept our condolences. Jessie has been a very influential person in our lifes the past several years. We will miss him dearly.

  2. We love you all and want you to know that your Dad has been a true inspiration to our family. We thank him for his service at church and to our family.

  3. Dear David,Jerry, & Stan,

    I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your Father. Your families are in my thoughts. I will always remember fondly the Sunday afternoons that we spent at your house visiting with Granny and your Mom and Dad. They were special people. I remember those times more vividly than almost anything else.

    Your loving cousin,

    Jeff

  4. We want to express our deepest sympathy to you in your time of sorrow. We are serving in an interim in Tabor City NC at this time and ready about Bro. Jesse’s homegoing through Groce ‘on-line.’ Bro Jesse was such a help to us when we were at West Asheville Baptist Church. He was not only knowledgeable about our organ but he always displayed sweetness of spirit in service and good humor. We are grateful for the impact of his life upon our lives. We shall pray for the family in these days of adjustment to his loss. Sincerely, Jim and Ellen Johnson

  5. I will always have fond memories of Dal and what he and his whole family have meant to me. Jerry, Sandra, and everyone, my thoughts and prayers are with you.


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