Dorothy Mae Sheets

Dorothy Mae Sheets Frankfort-Graveside Services for Dorothy Mae Sheets, 83, of Frankfort, will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., with First Christian Church officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, August 3 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home on Washington Street. Mrs. Sheets died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at her residence following an illness. Born August 21, 1924 she was the daughter of Nellie Sullivan Jones Ramey and Raymond Jones and the granddaughter of Sarah and John J. Sullivan. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of sixty years, Roy Sheets Jr. She is the mother of Gerald Brooke Sheets and Sharon Lee Sheets Finley, and mother-in-law of Catherine Flowers Sheets. She is the devoted grandmother of Kimberly Brooke Sheets Hatter, Brian Scott Sheets and Jonathan David Finley. She is the great grandmother of Blake and Lauren, son and daughter of Brian Sheets and the sister of Ramona Ramey and Leslie Ramey. She is the sister in law of John and Regina Sheets, Jewel and Douglas Rhody, and Mary Ramey. She is preceded in death by Ada and Thomas Dempsey, Mary and Jack Clark, Eugene and Jean Sheets, Doris and Raymond Bibble, Mable Lynn Post, Laura Belle Sheets and Roy L. and Ethel Sheets. She is the aunt to many nieces and nephews. She graduated in 1942 from Frankfort High School. She had a great passion for learning and reading. She was a volunteer at the Paul Sawyer Library for many years. Her sense of humor was always evident even in her final days. She had an infectious smile that brought joy to others. She focused her life around her family and enjoyed many vacations with family and extended family at Myrtle Beach. After retirement from Sears, she and her husband spent ten years traveling to Europe and to all forty-eight continental states. She now joins her husband, Roy for eternity who preceded her in death on March 26, 2003. Pallbearers will be Gerald Sheets, John Sheets, Brian Sheets, Jonathan Finely, Leslie Ramey, Dewayne Hatter, Brent Rhody, and Joseph Bibble. Honorary bearer is Charles Dempsey. Flowers are welcome, but expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass/Frankfort Office, 208 Steele St., Frankfort, Ky 40601. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home; condolences may be shared via the online guest book at www.harrodbrothersfuneralhome.com.

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Dorothy Mae Sheets

August 21, 1924 - July 31, 2008