Rev. John Wesley (JW) Doss, age 82 died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Decatur Morgan Hospital.
Funeral service will be on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at 1:00pm at Peck Funeral Home Chapel. Brother Doss had requested that Rev. Virgil Crisp officiate his service. Visitation will be from 11:30am until service time on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Born July 17, 1932 in Massey, Alabama, Rev. Doss entered the Ministry of the Nazarene Church in 1965 and became an ordained elder in 1969. He Pastored several Churches in the East Tennessee District, the State of Oklahoma, as well as the North Alabama District.
Rev. Doss will be remembered for his constant visitation to the sick and to those in the nursing homes up until he was hospitalized.
He was preceded in death by his late wife Martha Marie Story Doss, parents; John Elbert & Emily Alice Fitzgerald Doss, siblings; Pauline Doss Jones and Dorothy Doss Battles.
He is survived and sorely missed by his wife; Dorothy A. Doss, children; Angela (Joe) Beavers, Tim (Carla) Doss, Margie (David) Phillips and Stephanie (Darren) Spivey. Eight Grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother; Bobby (Telete) Doss, a niece; Brenda (Charlie) Crow, a nephew; Kenneth (Kathy) Jones, along with other special nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to Hospice of the Valley in Decatur, Alabama
Charlie Crow, David Crow, Michael Crow, Gene McKee, David McKee and Michael McKee will serve as pallbearers.
