ORA MAE DINGESS 86, OF HODE KY. BORN TO THE LATE JIM AND MARTHA CHAFFIN SIMPKINS. WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD, FRIDAY NOV. 18, 2011. AT THE HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN PRESTONSBURG KY. ORA IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS ALONG WITH HER FIRST HUSBAND BENNIE DINGESS AND HER SECOND HUSBAND JOHN L HOWARD. ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WALTER, ROY, NOAH, SIEERA, ETTIE, RENNA,VERNA AND IDA MAY. ORA WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE TRINITY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. ORA IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, ERNEST AND VIOLET DINGESS, HAROLD AND BETTY DINGESS, LOVELLA MOLLETT, BERTHA AND MUREL BRYANT, KATHY AND MOSE EVANS, JUDY AND DON CHAFFIN, BRENDA AND JESSIE SMITH, AND PAMELA AND JOHNNIE MARCUM. SHE WAS SURVIVED BY 5 STEPCHILDREN, TWO SISTER IN-LAWS, OLA SIMPKINS OF GROVE CITY OHIO. AND EMLY SIMPKINS, OF COLUMBUS OHIO. VISITATION WILL BE AT THE RICHMOND-CALLAHAM F.H IN WARFIELD, KY SATURDAY NOV. 19 5 PM FOR FAMILY AND 6PM – 9PM FOR FRIENDS ALSO NOVEMBER 20 ALL DAY UNTIL 9PM.
FUNERAL WILL BE AT THE TRINITY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, WARFIELD KY. 1PM MONDAY NOV. 21, WITH A SPECIAL SERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7PM NOV. 20. MINISTER WILL BE ELLIS MAYNARD AND LONNIE RATLIFF. INTERMENT WILL BE AT THE WARD CEMETERY DINGESS RD. HODE KY.
