BELMONT – Dorothy Geunita Russell Alley age 81, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at the North MS Medical Center in Tupelo.
Dot was born in Colbert County, Ala., on Jan. 20, 1940, to Albert and Vergie Smeltzer Russell. She was a faithful member of The Church of Christ. Dorothy loved canning vegetables from her garden each summer, and enjoyed mailing friends and family cards, scrapbooking, crocheting, reading, and working her family’s genealogy. Dot also loved selling Home Interior, a distributor for quality home decor.
Services are scheduled for Sat May 1, 2021 at 11 a.m. from the Liberty Church of Christ, Hwy. 25 North of Belmont, with Minister David Conley officiating. Associated Family Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Tupelo is in charge of arrangements.
She leaves her husband of 10 years, Robert Floyd Alley of Belmont; three daughters, Geunita Ringold of Chattanooga, Tenn., Yolette Hensley of Millington, Tenn., and Siri Hallock (Raymond) of Ashville, N.C. She also leaves a sister, DeEtta Lentz, of Birmingham, Ala., and a brother, Truman Russell (Joyce) of Red Bay, Ala. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Walter E. Wells, Jr., two husbands, Walter E. Wells Sr. and James Lane.
