DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025.
Mathilda Dempster, affectionately known as “Tillie”, a long-time resident of Dothan, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025, at the age of 97, in Midlothian, Virginia.
Funeral services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Dothan on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Elizabeth Hinton officiating. A private family burial will held at Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Glover Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends and relatives for visitation and viewing from 2:00 until 2:45 p.m. in the church sanctuary prior to services. Flowers may be sent to First United Methodist Church of Dothan.
Tillie was born on October 15, 1927, in Dothan, Alabama, to Arthur and Essie Lee Johnson. She graduated from Dothan High School in 1946. During her time at Dothan High, she was honored with an award for congeniality and was a member of the school band. Following her high school years, she lived in Dothan and played piano for The Southernaires. Afterwards, she moved to Pensacola, Florida, and worked as a bank teller for Florida National Bank. She met her future husband, Raymond Dempster, at this time, and they were married on April 25, 1959.
Raymond and Tillie moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June of 1969, and raised two sons, Douglas and Gregory, before returning to Dothan in 1992 to retire. They moved to Midlothian, Virginia, in January of 2023 to be close to their youngest son, Gregory, and his wife, Michaux.
Tillie is survived by her beloved husband, Raymond Dempster, of Midlothian, Virginia; her sons, Douglas, of Dothan, and Gregory, of Midlothian, Virginia; her sister, Betty Sanchez, of Selma, Alabama; and one grandchild, Douglas Schulz, of Mountain Home, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Essie Johnson, of Dothan, and her brother, Herschel Johnson, of Sacramento, California.
Tillie’s legacy is one of kindness, compassion, and love for her family, friends, and her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Her memory will continue to live on in the hearts of those she touched.
Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com
