Mary "Dot" Dorothy Glasgow

Funeral services for Mary Dorothy "Dot" Gibson Glasgow, 81, of Henderson, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in the chapel of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Conway officiating. Burial will follow at Millville Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home on Tuesday evening, June 23, 2009 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.Mrs. Glasgow died at a local hospital Sunday evening, June 21,2009. She will be missed by many relatives and friends, especially the staff and residents of Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided for the past three years. Her friendliness and ready wit made life more fun for those around her in every situation of her life.Mary Dorothy was born October 4, 1927, in Oak Hill community, the fifth of sixchildren of Joe L. and Sadie Vansickle Gibson. Named Mary for her maternalgrandmother, the tiny girl received the nickname "Dot" from a nurse who toldher mother that "she wasn't any bigger than a little dot." Growing up in Oak Hill, she attended Oak Hill Schools and then Henderson High School.After marriage and the birth of her son, she attended nursing school in Hendersonand received her LVN Degree, beginning a twenty year career in nursing at Henderson and Marshall hospitals. Dot was a hard-working, caring nurse, who continued to care for her ailing relatives and friends after retiring from hospitalwork. She particularly cared about the elderly, and devoted her life to her mother's care at home during "Mama Sadie's" final illness. She also loved children, and her grandchildren and nieces and nephews received lots of love and praise, as well as advice when called for.Dot was a member of Millville Baptist Church and a genuine Christian who cared about others. Even after Alzheimer's disease took away much of her memory, shewould remember to ask her visitors about their family members by name. Shewas a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, and took pride in her annual "birthday," having reached the sobriety age of 39 years. The friends she madein that group were lifelong, and she encouraged them by example and understanding. She never met a stranger, and if you met her, you never forgot her.Dot married Marvin Glasgow of Springhill, Louisiana, in 1977, and they lookedafter each other until her illness and subsequent move to the nursing facility in2006. He currently resides with his family in Hope, Arkansas.She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Altis, James, Joe,Jr.., and Bobby Wayne Gibson; and sister Lola Belle Ballenger.Her survivors include her husband, Marvin Glasgow of Hope, Arkansas; sonMichael Glenn Adams of Henderson; grandson, Tray Adams and wife, Lisa, ofHallsville; granddaughter, Mary Louise Adams and her children, Sarah andFrancesca, of Tyler; step-grandson, Damion Nipp and son, Dillan, of Henderson;sister-in-law Bobbie Simmons of Longview; several nephews and nieces, manycousins and friends.Pallbearers will be Tommy Strong, Wayne Wright, Don Bassett, James Gibson,Dale Selman, Danny Selman. Honorary pallbearers are Clarence Propes, OrvilleTodd, Jim Bob Williams, Leo Gibson, and Mack Bassett.

Mary "Dot" Dorothy Glasgow

October 4, 1927 - June 21, 2009