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Obituary for Charles "Charlie" Allen Dorroh
Charles “Charlie” Allen Dorroh
Charles “Charlie” Allen Dorroh, 91, of Morningside Assisted Living died Sunday, November 25, 2018, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, KY.
Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 5, 2019 at First Christian Church in Hopkinsville, KY with Rev. Dr. Tom Steiner and Rev. Dr. Phillip Miller officiating. Private burial at Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, KY will follow the service. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until the funeral hour at the church. Hughart, Beard & Giles Funeral Home in Hopkinsville, KY. is in charge of the arrangements.
A native of Princeton, KY he was born April 14, 1927 the son of the late Jim Ella Spickard Dorroh and Paul Wilson Dorroh. Charlie served in the United States Navy during WW II, was a 1950 graduate of the University of Kentucky and did graduate work at the University of Iowa. He was the Circulation Manager at the Kentucky New Era for several decades. He and Flo also owned and operated The Store in downtown Hopkinsville. He was a member of First Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bill Dorroh.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years: Florence “Flo” Dorroh; his sons: Tom Dorroh of Paducah, KY, Link (Terri) Dorroh of Sarasota, FL, and Paul (Helen) Dorroh of Avondale Estates, GA; his brother: Jim (Jane) Dorroh of Princeton, KY; eight grandchildren, Jennifer Dorroh, Teresa Malone, Krislyn Hall, Mike Dorroh, Tad Dorroh, Barron Dorroh, Emily Holden and Lindsay Cretton; 16 great grandchildren; two nieces, a nephew and several cousins.
Memorial gifts may be made to First Christian Church of Hopkinsville, the University of Kentucky Alumni Scholarship Fund or the giver’s favorite charity.
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