Dorothy "Dot" Hicks Brannon

Glover Funeral Home Dothan

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Posted by: Glover Funeral Home
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334-699-3888
Date: Nov 30 2023 12:34 PM

Dorothy “Dot” Hicks Brannon, a resident of Dothan, passed away Wednesday night, November 29, 2023 at Flowers Hospital. She was 88.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 1, 2023 at Northside Methodist Church with Reverend Bill Reif and Chaplain Dalton Keel officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery with Glover Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 10:45 a.m. on Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Northside Methodist Church, 2600 Redmond Road, Dothan, AL, 36303.

Dot was born on August 1, 1935 in Hartford, Alabama to Luther and Alma Hicks. She was a 1953 graduate of Geneva County High School. In 1954, she married Charles Ellis Brannon, who was an air traffic controller in the U.S. Air Force. His career in the Air Force took them to various locations including Eglin Air Force,  FL, Nassawadox, VA, Eufaula, AL, Tyndall AFB, FL, Homestead AFB, FL, Bangkok, Thailand and Duluth, MN before retiring to Dothan.

Dot was employed with Southeast Alabama Medical Center and Flowers Hospital in the respiratory therapy department for several years. In later years her true passion was being the matriarch of S. Brannon Clothing, her son’s establishment which has served the community for the past 30 years. Ms. Brannon was a charter member of Northside Methodist Church where she attended for 45 years. Dot inspired her family and friends with her strong Christian faith.

Dot is predeceased by her parents and her husband of 35 years, Charles Ellis Brannon.

Survivors include her son, Steve Brannon of Dothan; a daughter, Sheila Laux (Darrell) of Peachtree City, Georgia; two granddaughters, Caroline Laux of Atlanta, Georgia and Savannah Laux of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Sue Cannon of Columbus, Georgia; two brothers, Jimmy Hicks (Bonnie) of Headland and Jerry Hicks (Lynn) of Hartford; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Pallbearers will be Mark Dillard, Bob Cannon, Tom Cannon and Ted Midyet.

Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com

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