STATESBORO, Ga. -- Dora Mae Waters Cartee, 97, of Statesboro, Georgia, and widow of John Pershing Cartee, died Friday morning, July 12, 2019, at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center, Sioux City, Iowa.
Dora was born on January 31, 1922, in Savannah, Georgia, to Alger Robert Waters and Luna L. Thompson.
She attended business school and worked as an accountant as a profession.
In 1952, she married her sweetheart, John Cartee, and moved to Savannah, Georgia, where she continued work as an accountant. She worked until she was privileged to retire and stay home with her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four children, five siblings and her grandson, Christopher Cartee.
Survivors include a daughter, Jane (Mark) McGlohon of Sioux City, Iowa; a son, David Cartee of Guyton, Georgia; her grandchildren, Matthew McGlohon, Michaela McGlohon of Sioux City, Iowa; and Savannah (Justin) Genaille of Port Royal, South Carolina; and her great-grandsons, Collin, Daniel and Elijah.
The family will receive friends from 9 until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, July 17, 2019, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 10290 U.S. Highway 80, near Brooklet.
The funeral service will be held at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at Immanuel Baptist Church conducted by the Reverend Joe Clifton. Interment will be in Bulloch Memorial Gardens in Statesboro.
Please share your thoughts about Dora and her life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
Gamble Funeral Service of Savannah is in charge of arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, July 16, 2019
Dora was born on January 31, 1922, in Savannah, Georgia, to Alger Robert Waters and Luna L. Thompson.
She attended business school and worked as an accountant as a profession.
In 1952, she married her sweetheart, John Cartee, and moved to Savannah, Georgia, where she continued work as an accountant. She worked until she was privileged to retire and stay home with her grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four children, five siblings and her grandson, Christopher Cartee.
Survivors include a daughter, Jane (Mark) McGlohon of Sioux City, Iowa; a son, David Cartee of Guyton, Georgia; her grandchildren, Matthew McGlohon, Michaela McGlohon of Sioux City, Iowa; and Savannah (Justin) Genaille of Port Royal, South Carolina; and her great-grandsons, Collin, Daniel and Elijah.
The family will receive friends from 9 until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, July 17, 2019, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 10290 U.S. Highway 80, near Brooklet.
The funeral service will be held at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at Immanuel Baptist Church conducted by the Reverend Joe Clifton. Interment will be in Bulloch Memorial Gardens in Statesboro.
Please share your thoughts about Dora and her life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
Gamble Funeral Service of Savannah is in charge of arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, July 16, 2019
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