- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1909
- Date Of Death: May 1, 2005
- State: North Carolina
DATELINE – WINSTON SALEM
Mrs. Blanche Elizabeth Gannaway Dorsette, 95, a resident of 1311 Pleasant St., died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home.
Mrs. Dorsette was born December 4, 1909 in Trinity, a daughter of Ernest and Sallie Alford Gannaway. For the past 20 years, she was a resident of Winston Salem. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Dorsette; daughter, Sarah D. Holmes; two sons, Clarence and Charles Dorsette; four sisters, Pearl Gannaway, Grace McDonnell, Bessie Henard and Myrtle Smith; one brother, Vernel Gannaway; one sister-in-law, Anne Gannaway; and two brothers-in-law, Julius Henard and James McDonnell.
Surviving relatives to cherish fond memories include: one daughter, Margaret D. Ingram and devoted husband and caregiver, Caesar, of Winston Salem; three sons, Frank Dorsette, Leon Dorsette and wife, Lovie, all of High Point, and George Dorsette of Winston Salem; 15 grandchildren; 22 great- grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; brother-in-law, William D. Smith of Petersburg, Va.; other relatives and friends.
The family is grateful to the staffs fo Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home and Hospice Palliative Care; caregivers Tanya Chandler, Frieda Redmon, and Jeanette Tate; special friends and caregivers, Mrs. Angela Redmon and Tennile Gardner.
