Jack V. Dorsey

Jack V. Dorsey of Decatur died Thursday, September 15, 2005. He was a decorated U. S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is a longtime member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local #72. After deciding to make a career

change, he earned both an LLB and LLM from Woodrow Wilson College of Law and practiced law for 27 years in the Atlanta area. He was a member of the American Bar Association, Georgia State Bar Association, Decatur-DeKalb Bar

Association and American Trial Lawyers Association, and a former Scottish Rite

Mason, and Shriner. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Jo Ann Mize Dorsey, Decatur, GA; daughter, Jane Virginia Dorsey, Decatur, GA; daughter & son-in-law, Joan Marie & Paul David Prance, Arab, AL; sister & brother-in-law

Elaine & Richard Ladzinske, Lithonia, GA; brother, James D. (Jimmy) Dorsey, Stone Mountain, GA; sisters-in- law, Beth Mize & Susie Manning & her husband Paul, all of  Cartersville, GA; brother-in-law, George Mize, Elijay, GA; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He is preceded in death by his father and mother James V. Dorsey and Ida Kinnemur Dorsey, both of Atlanta. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM, Monday, September 19, 2005 at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church with Rev. Fred O. Pitts & Rev. Larry Burgess officiating. There will be a private interment at a later date. The family will receive friends in the church vestibule from 1 until 2 PM and a reception will follow after the service in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Portsbridge Hospice Foundation, 4598 Barclay Drive, Dunwoody, GA 30338 or the Parkinson's Disease Association, 1841 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. A. S. Turner and Sons