Dorothy Lamb Oaks was born August 12, 1921, in Ashford, AL. She was a current resident of Westside Terrace, Dothan, AL.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Glover Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be immediately following the service in Dothan City Cemetery, with Glover Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at Glover Funeral Home from 12:00pm until 1:00 pm, Saturday, November 15, 2025, prior to the service.
During her lifetime, she and her sister, Frankie, were extremely close.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Roy D. Oaks, Sr.; (her stepson) Roy Oaks, Jr. and Marie; daughter Cathy Oaks Ashlock and husband Tommy; parents John Frank Lamb and Lonnie Lee Fulton Lamb; brothers Fred Lamb (Freddie Mae Armstrong) and Lawrence E. Lamb (Juanita Burnham); sisters Virginia Lamb Lawler (Herman) and Frankie Lamb Skipper (Louie Skip); nephews Richard Lamb, Fred Lamb, Jr. and Sylvia Lawler, wife of Eugene Lawler.
Dorothy is survived by her niece Gloria Lamb Lastinger (Les); nephews Vinson Lamb (Emily), Eugene Lawler, Roane Lawler (Lawanda), Bobette Lamb (wife of Fred Lamb, Jr.) and Charlene Lamb (wife of Richard Lamb). Dorothy is also survived by her great grandson, Lee Ashlock (Erica) and their three children; and many grand and great-grand nieces and nephews.
She was a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church and the “Ma Addison’s” Sunday School Class and the Golden Achievers.
Dorothy retired as the office manager in 1986 from Dixie Service, Inc., in Opelika, AL. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club for several years. While living in Opelika, she was an active member of the Pilot’s Club of Lee County and volunteered at the concession stand at the Auburn Football Stadium every home game. She was an avid Auburn fan.
Dot and Roy lived in Opelika, AL, where Roy retired from Davis Dyer Supply Company. After the death of her husband, Dorothy moved to her childhood home near Ashford, AL, and lived on a small farm which her father purchased in 1931.
She graduated from Ashford School in 1939. While in school she played on the girls’ basketball team. Her husband taught her how to play golf, and she played until she was ninety. She loved the outdoors. She had a green thumb and could bring an almost dead plant back to life.
She liked to make jelly and was always willing to help anyone who needed her help. She also helped her nephew, Roane, operate his business.
Dorothy was a very resilient person. After she was one hundred years old, she beat Covid twice, pneumonia twice and a broken leg.
A special thank you to the nurses and staff at Westside Terrace.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
OZARK…Ms. Glenda F. Short, a resident of Ozark, died late Monday evening, November 10, 2025, in Dale Medical Center. She was 94.
Celebration of Life Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in the First United Methodist Church of Ozark with Reverend Dr. Jason Thrower officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. at the church. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Short, born and raised in the heart of Ohio, was the beloved daughter of Eddie Short and Ida Curtz Short. She carried the values of her upbringing—kindness, humility, and a deep sense of faith—throughout her life. After graduating from Moody Bible College in Chicago, a place that nurtured her spiritual foundation and love for learning, she went on to build a meaningful career as an executive secretary with McGuffin Lumber Company. Her dedication and professionalism earned the respect of her colleagues, and she remained with the company for many years until her well-deserved retirement.
Though she spent much of her life in Chicago, Ms. Short eventually made her home in Ozark, Alabama, where she became a cherished member of the First United Methodist Church. Her faith was not just something she practiced—it was something she lived. She sang joyfully in the Church Choir, lent her wisdom and heart while serving on the Board of Directors, and found fellowship and friendship in the John Wesley Sunday School Class. Her presence in the church was steady and comforting, like a warm light that never dimmed.
Ms. Short was known for her gentle spirit, her thoughtful words, and her unwavering devotion to those she loved. She had a quiet strength and a generous heart, always ready to lend a listening ear or a helping hand. Her life was a testament to grace and service, and she touched many lives with her kindness.
She was preceded in death by her dear sister, Betty Jean Borer, and her nephew, Brentley Borer, both of whom she loved deeply and remembered often. Their memories remained close to her heart, and she spoke of them with tenderness and affection.
Surviving relatives include her brother-in-law, Richard Borer; niece, Lisa Borer McGuffin, both of Ozark; great-niece, Meg McGuffin, New York City; niece-in-law, Athena Borer and her daughter, Haylie Borer, Columbia, South Carolina.
You may sign a guest register at www.fuquabankston.com
WEBB, ALABAMA. . .Betty Buie Ivey, a resident of Webb, Alabama, passed away Tuesday morning, November 11, 2025, in Westside Terrace in Dothan. She was 98.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 14, 2025, in the Webb Baptist Church with Dr. Matthew C. Helms and Pastor Joe Wyatt officiating. Burial will follow in the Webb Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Friday in the church sanctuary. Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Webb Baptist Church, P.O. Box 70, Webb, AL 36376.
Mrs. Ivey was born and raised in Webb, daughter of the late Walter Buie and Ressie Brackin Buie. She was a graduate of Houston County High School in Columbia. Mrs. Ivey was an active member of Webb Baptist Church where she taught a Sunday School Class, sang in the church choir and taught Training Union classes. She was a long time member of the Hosanna Sunday School Class. In later years, Mrs. Ivey was a co-founder of Webb Senior Citizens where she was an active participant. During most of her adult lifetime, she assisted her late husband in the operation of Ivey & Ivey Farms, Inc. Mrs. Ivey was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan Ivey, and two brothers, Otis Buie and Byrd Buie.
Surviving relatives include two sons, John Ivey (Sue), and Lamar Ivey (Kay), all of Webb; a sister-in-law, Cindy Buie, Webb; grandchildren, Jamar Ivey (Allison), Lance Ivey (Lauren), and Leigh Anna Hall (Bagby); great-grandchildren, Amelia Ivey and Ivey Hall; several nieces and nephews.
HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This establishment does not own a crematory.
COTTONWOOD… Gerard T. Guilford, a resident of Webb, Alabama, passed away early Sunday, November 9, 2025. He was 55.
There are no services planned at this time.
Mr. Guilford was born in Lake City, Florida, to the late Gerald Guilford and Theresa Annette Godwin Guilford Perrin. He had lived in the Dothan, Alabama area most of his lifetime. He was an avid fisherman and loved to fish whenever he could wet a hook. He was a people person and never met a stranger. He loved his family. He was currently working with Danford Farms as a heavy equipment mechanic. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Dothan, Alabama.
Leaving to cherish his memories are his sisters, Danna Carpenter and Belinda Gail Guilford; his aunt Judith Ingram (Royce): and his cousins (more like brothers) Freddie Ingram (Sandi), Jack Ingram (Sharlon) and Chase Ingram (Ciera).
Clifton Wayne Johnson, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather stepped into the glorious presence of his Savior with Coach Bear Bryant leading him through the Pearly Gates on Sunday, November 9, 2025. Born on June 11, 1947, to Marion and Gladys Johnson, the only child, Wayne spent most of his younger days playing baseball or delivering newspapers. It wasn’t long before Wayne demonstrated his entrepreneurial talents and in the early 70s, he started his own newspaper with a distribution of 500 and spent early mornings delivering papers before school. On Saturday mornings he would help his mom do laundry and chores. Once he was finished, he would be able to play baseball with his friends. It was his entrepreneurial spirit and his hatred for folding clothes that guided him to take his income to buy his mother a new dryer so he could get out earlier on Saturdays. Wayne certainly was filled with vision. Having no place to play ball, Wayne spotted a vacant lot in his neighborhood and set about cleaning it up to create a baseball diamond. Soon after, Wayne and some of his friends organized a band called The Impacts, and he began a career in the music industry playing drums. Following his love for music, Wayne opened Cowboy’s, formerly known as The Club, and was able to book big names for concerts for the Dothan area. He ran Cowboy’s along with his wife Sara for many years until they sold it. Not ones to be idle, Wayne and Sara soon opened Dothan Linen Service and operated it together until 2024 when the business burned.
Wayne was mostly known for his love for Alabama football as well as his sense of humor. He had a quick wit and would sharpen it every morning when he’d get together with his friends at Waffle House. Oh, to be a fly on the wall! There is no doubt there were many colorful stories told as well as discussions about the world, politics and mostly Alabama football. Wayne was most certainly an armchair quarterback when he and Sara weren’t on the road to go to the games – even going as far as Hawaii to see the Alabama play. Sara ended up in the hospital in Hawaii and had to have her appendix removed but not even that stopped Wayne from going to the game. He sold her ticket and bought beer.
As a past president of The Dothan Jaycees, Wayne was always thinking of ways to enrich the city that he loved. Wayne added mentor to his list of many talents and coached a local Little League baseball team thereby passing on his love of sports to many young hearts in the Dothan area.
Wayne is survived by his wife of 41 years Saralynn Johnson; his daughters, Hope Johnson and Hayley Blount (Ken); grandchildren Peyton Chestnut, Austin Chestnut, Hannah Cochran, Jaycee Cochran, Dylan Blount, and Taylor Fitzgerald (Christopher). He is also survived by his great-grandchildren, James Bennett Fitzgerald and Adalynn Grace Cochran, as well as so many friends and family members.
The community is invited to pay their respects at Ward Wilson Funeral Home, where a service celebrating Wayne’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2025. The service will be officiated by Pastor Chad Hixson, and burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Ward Wilson Funeral Home.
