Dorothy Janice Barnes Schmitt, age 69 passed away October 17, 2012 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.
She was born in Jackson and reared in Henderson the daughter of Dorothy Louise Hearn Barnes Massey and the late Buford Gerald “Crockett” Barnes. She graduated Chester County High School in 1960, received a BS from Murray State University and a Masters from Michigan State. She married Carlos Schmitt, June 7, 1964 and they made their home in Ortonville, MI.
She started her teaching career in Wickliffe, KY and then, Ortonville, MI, Lancing, MI, Miami, FL, Dell Ray Beach, FL, Clayton County School System and then Thomaston, GA and retired after 33 years of teaching elementary education.
She was a member of the Alpha Delta Kappa (Honorary Organization for Women Educators) and served as Chapter President three times, Corresponding Secretary, Sergeant-at-Arms, District Sergeant-at-Arms and District Chaplin. She organized a Chapter in Thomaston, GA. She was also a member of the Tennessee Retired Teachers Association and the National Education Association.
They moved to Henderson July 1, 2001. She was very active in the First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Carlos Ray Schmitt of Henderson; a daughter, Carla Janice Schmitt and husband Mike of Flowery Branch, GA; a grandson, Keegan Schmitt and her mother, Dorothy Hearn Massey.
She was preceded in death by her step-father, James L. Massey.
