MS. DOROTHY LEE SUMMERSETT WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "DOT" BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 5, 1956, IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA. DOT WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SAMMY LEE SUMMERSETT AND RUBERTA JOHNSON.
AS A CHILD AND TEENAGER, DOT ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ARCADIA. SHE LATER LIVED IN BOTH FT. MYERS AND ALABAMA. AFTER A FEW YEARS, SHE RETURNED TO LIVE ARCADIA SHE THEN BEGAN TO WORK AS A PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN. HER FAMILY SAID SHE LOVED TO COOK, ALSO SINGING AND DANCING.WAS ONE OF THE THINGS SHE LOVED DOING AROUND THE HOUSE. DOT ALSO LOVED THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ...SO NEEDLESS TO SAY HER FAVORITE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS PATRICK MAHOMES, SHE JOKINGLY SAID TO EVERYONE THAT SHE MADE HIM HER "FICTIONAL HUSBAND".
SHE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF ST. JOHNS MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH LOCATED IN ARCADIA.
HER FAMILY SAID THE THING THAT THEY WILL MISS THE MOST WAS HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
DOT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, AND SIBLINGS, LAMAR JOHNSON, FRANKIE SUMMERSETT, SAMMY SUMMERSETT, SR. JEANIE WILSON AND JOHN SUMMERSETT, SR.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER: CHILDREN, CALVIN WASHINGTON (DONETTA), DARREN WASHINGTON, TANGELA LANIER, AND LIONEL "P.L." SUMMERSETT; SIBLINGS, LARRY SUMMERSETT (JOYCE), KENNETH SUMMERSETT (DONNIE) AND JACQUELINE FELTON (CLYDE); COMPANION, JIMMY "SLICK" DANIELS; SPECIAL FRIENDS, DOROTHY "DOT" CALHOUN, GEORGIA MARTIN, GLADYS "POOKIE" SIMONS, AND "SHY"; 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER SORROWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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