<p>Dorothy Jean Roark, 80, of Elizabethtown, passed away at 12:50 a.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024, at Our Hospice of South-Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus. </p><p>Born March 2, 1944, in Benham, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Henry and Mealie (Cornett) Jones. She married Garland Roark on August 9, 1969, in Virginia; he survives. </p><p>Dorothy was a 1964 graduate of Kingdom Come High School in Letcher, Kentucky. She was a homemaker/housewife and worked on the farm, she had previously worked at the former Hill Department Store in Columbus. Dorothy was a member of the Queensville Community Church and enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, reading and spending time with her family. </p><p>Surviving with her husband Garland, is her son, Kelly (Bobbie) Roark of Elizabethtown; grandchildren, Lindsey (CJ) Cravens of North Vernon, Jesse Roark and Riley Roark, both of Elizabethtown; and great-grandchild, Natalie Cravens of North Vernon. </p><p>She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Bruce, Delbert, Cecil, Albert and Henry Ray Jones; and sisters, Odessa Lewis and Rachel Mullins. </p><p>A funeral service for Dorothy will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North Vernon with the Rev. Scott Chastain officiating. The visitation for family and friends will be on Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until the time of the service. The burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 28, 2024, in the Morgan Jones Family Cemetery in Ingrams Creek, Kentucky. </p><p>Memories may be made through the funeral home in honor of Dorothy to the Queensville Community Church. </p>
March 21, 1944 - June 24, 202403/21/194406/24/2024
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Dorothy Jean Roark
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