Elbert Gordon "Top" Dorsey

1918 - 2000  (82 years)

• Name	Elbert Gordon "Top" Dorsey  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Nickname	Top
  Birth	11 Jul 1918	Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 2000	San Augustine County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Notes	The Sabine County Reporter December 27, 2000, Page 10 E. G. "Top' Dorsey Elbert Gordon "Top" Dorsey, 82, of Bronson died at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, 2000, at Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine. Dorsey was born July 11, 1918, in Geneva and had been a lifelong resident of Sabine County. He was a retired operator for Sabine County. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by a sister, Carolyn Ameilia Gross of Fall Brook, California. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)
  Person ID	I32658	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	James Allen Dorsey,   b. 15 Dec 1880, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 May 1959 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah "Callie" Jones,   b. 14 Feb 1885, Texas d. 23 Aug 1983, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1905	Sabine County, Texas   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F9513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evon Wallace,   b. 12 Mar 1921, Sexton, Sabine County, Texas d. 19 Dec 1996, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Y  [9]
  Family ID	F11424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Jul 1918 - Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Death - 24 Dec 2000 - San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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