Henrietta C. Dobbins

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, July 12, 2011

May 14, 1934 – July 3, 2011

NATCHEZ — Services for Henrietta C. Dobbins, 77, of Natchez, who died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. today at Bright Morning Star Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Chatman Jr. officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home in Bude.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at the church.

Mrs. Dobbins was born May 14, 1934, in Natchez, the daughter of Sam and Celia Coulston.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willie Dobbins Sr.; one sister; and four brothers.

Survivors include four loving daughters, Marie Ellis and husband, Alexander, of Natchez, Elsie Brown and husband, Ralph, and Marilyn Kaye Henderson and husband, Trent, all of Starkville, and Dianne Dobbins and husband, Kent, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; five devoted sons, Willie Dobbins Jr. and wife, Theresa, and Larry Dobbins and wife, Janice, all of Natchez, James Earl Dobbins and wife, Tangerine, of Baltimore, Md., Walter Lee Dobbins and wife, Debbie, of Fort Wayne and Mack Wayne Dobbins and wife, Shelia, of Starkville; two sisters, Adeline Chatman of Natchez and Helen Henderson of Houston, Texas; one brother, Leroy Coulston of Natchez; 15 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.