Jeanette Dorsey

Jeanette Dorsey was born September 4, 1936 in Washington D.C. to LeRoy Clarke and Daisy Alma Clarke. She graduated from Armstrong High School at the age of 18 and joined the Air Force on December 14, 1954. She served at McChord Air Force Base, Washington as a Warehouse Specialist until her honorable discharge on January 25, 1956. She married Albert D. Dorsey Sr and together they had seven children. Sharon Cecelia Dorsey, Albert Daniel Dorsey Jr., Patricia Annette Dorsey, Jeffrey Allen Dorsey, Ronald Francis Dorsey, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, and Charles Anthony Dorsey. She traveled with her family as a military wife and mother until finally settling in Hampton, VA. As part of her professional career, she worked as a secretary for the Peninsula Office of Manpower in Hampton, Virginia, an Air Force Technical Order Systems Aide at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, and as a secretary for Equal Opportunity and Fair Housing at Housing and Urban Development in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jeanette Dorsey is predeceased by her mother, father, sister Prudence W. Thomas, and her brother LeRoy Clarke Jr. She is survived by her seven children, 12 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. When days go by and you think of me… Think of me happy! Remember my laughter and my smile. Reminisce about our fun times! Recall a day of joy with bright sunshine, Or a day of peaceful rain… when you think of me. Be satisfied with our time Because for it I am thankful… I am thankful for you! Remember that I do love you. And when you think of me… Just know that I am ok.