- Date Of Birth: August 5, 1941
- Date Of Death: May 11, 2022
- State: Alabama
Dorothea Penn, 80, a resident of Lanett, AL was born August 5, 1941, in Selma, AL and died May 11, 2022 at her residence.
Mrs. Penn was predeceased by her parents, Marvin Clifton and Odessa Daniel Clifton; husband, Rayford DeLamar; brothers, Marvin Clifton, Jr., Danny Clifton; sisters, Margaret Avery, Martha Smith, and Rita Lassiter; and step-son John Michael Penn.
She is survived by Husband, John Penn; children, Kim Orsini (Franklin), Ray DeLamar, Jr. (Kathryn), and Derek DeLamar (Ramona), Paige Kicklighter (Ryan) and Brad Penn (Jennifer);
her grandchildren, Bess May Taylor (Joshua), Adeline DeLamar, Brigid DeLamar, Henry Cooper, Taylor Penn, Jordan Penn, Jaclyn Blohm, John Thomas Penn, Brittany Penn, Sam Penn, Brandy Penn, Bentley Carlton, John Reed Jr. (Maddie), Bailey Nebhut (Carly), and Christopher Bryant, Brad Orsini, Megan Orsini, Merrideth Orsini; great-grandchildren, Grayson Ingram and Brooklyn Ingram; sisters, Betty Wallace and Brenda Clifton; and beloved nieces and nephews.
She loved her husband, family, and church, West End Baptist, where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. Mrs. Penn made a career as a Respiratory Therapist, and served as director for Cardio Pulmonary Departments at East Alabama Medical Center and George H. Lanier Hospital. She served as President of Alabama State Respiratory Therapy Association and was instrumental to bringing Registry to Respiratory Therapists in the State of Alabama.
