of natural causes. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Berry Chapman, also of Atlanta, whom she married March 14, 1952. In addition, she was preceded in death by her sister, Anne Owens Shippey, brother-in-law, Lawrence W. Shippey, her brother Frank C. Owens Jr., and nephews Frank C. Owens III, William Kent Owens, and Stephen Wright Owens. She is survived by her daughter, Janet Manning Chapman, son, Edward Owens Chapman and Daughter-in-law, Marlyn Rollins Chapman, son, John Berry Chapman, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Katherine Lide Chapman, and seven grandchildren, Edward Nathaniel Chapman, John (Jack) Robert Chapman, Katherine (Katie) O’Neil Chapman, Sara Frances (Frankie) Chapman, Matthew (Matt) Frederick David, Leslie Rollins Chapman, and William Rollins Chapman. She is also survived by sister-in-law Marguerite Kent Owens, nephew William C. Shippey, wife Linda F. Shippey, niece Marguerite (Margo) Owens Boden, husband William Walter A. Boden, several grandnieces and grandnephews, and her goddaughter, Elizabeth DeBorde Ramsey.
Dodie will be fondly remembered as a devoted Wife, Mother, and Grandmother.
Dodie was born in Atlanta, Georgia on July 31, 1931. She was a fifth generation Georgian, the daughter of Frank Camden Owens and Anne Inman Grant Owens. She attended E. Rivers School, graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, and from Majorie Webster Junior College in Washington, D.C. where she was an art major and received the Parrack Art Award May, 1951.
She was a life member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, and an honorary life member of the Junior League of Atlanta, having served on the Board of Directors. She was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Speech School and an honorary life member of the Piedmont Garden Club, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Shepherd Center Auxiliary. In 1993 she received the Westminster Schools Alumni Service Award. She served from 1995 to 2009 on the Schenck School Board of Trustees where she received the friends of Schenck School Award. She was a member of the Cherokee Town & Country Club, having served on the Town Club House Committee.
The Family would like to give a heartfelt thanks to Dodie’s caregivers, Anitra Daniels,
Iyabo (Lola) Balogun, Marie Danielle Souverain, and Julia Davis.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 5:30 to 7:30 at H.M. Patterson and Son, Arlington Chapel, 173 Allen Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday March 8, 2023, 1:00 pm First Presbyterian Church
1328 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309.
Reception following Cherokee Town & Country Club, 155 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30305.
In lieu of flowers, those who wish, please consider a memorial to your favorite charity or to the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Music Department, 1328 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Ga 30309 or The Schenck School, 282 Mt Paran Road, Atlanta, GA 30327.
