Dorothy (Barnes) Fentress

Dorothy Barnes Fentress, 95, of Springfield, passed from this life on Thursday December 8, 2022, at Morningside of Springfield. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday December 14th at 1:00 p.m. in the Oakhurst Chapel of the Robertson County Funeral Home with Dr. David Evans and Brother Martin Babb officiating. Interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery with Briley Price, Larry Eden, Donnie Hogan, James T. Marshall, Bill Goodman, and Jerry Converse serving as pallbearers.  . The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Ms. Dot was born August 7, 1927, in Cedar Hill to the late Virgil H. and Lovie Pitt Barnes. She was a graduate of Cedar Hill High School Class of 1945 and of the Nashville Business College. Ms. Dot was a retired Register of Deeds for Robertson County and was a member of Springfield Baptist Church. She also worked 33 years for George Yost law firm. She loved cooking, working crossword puzzles, reading, talking on the phone, and always taking care of all the people she loved.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Billy W. Fentress, and by her brother: Joe Barnes. Ms. Dot is survived by her niece: Gwen Barnes Osborne and husband Bill of Columbia, by her nephew: Gary Barnes of Smyrna, by her stepson: Joe Fentress and wife Anita of Springfield, by her great nephews: Kyle Barnes and wife Josie, Brandon Barnes, and by her great great niece: Lisa Ruth Barnes.

If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Springfield Baptist Church building fund.

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