Dorothy S. Gordin

Village Medical Center, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born in Sallis, MS, on June 14,

1923, to Clayton and Eloise Hughes. Dorothy graduated from Jackson Infirmary in

Jackson, MS, in 1944, as a registered nurse where she began working in several different

hospitals over the span of her career, including several years in the Panama Canal Zone.

It was there she married her husband of 59 years, Ed Gordin. She retired from Sparks

Regional Medical Center after 20 years.

She was a long time member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Fort Smith.

Preceded in death by her husband Ed; parents and a brother, Jimmie Hughes, and sister-in-law,

Myren Hughes, she is survived by three children, Rev. Sam Gordin (Nancy) of Sapulpa,

OK; Clay Gordin (Martha) of Crosses, AR; Sue Gordin Deneke (Bill) of Pine Bluff, AR;

one brother, Bill Hughes (Sarah Jean), of Kilgore, TX.

At her request, seven grandchildren will serve as honorary pall bearers. They are

Clayton Gordin (Audrey), Ashley Gordin Linden (Jamie), Heather Gordin, Whitney

Gordin Asher (Austin), Matthew Deneke (Shannon), Edward Deneke (Christy) and Alex

Deneke. She was also a great-grandmother to seven.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 7:30pm Tuesday, at Edwards Funeral Home,

with funeral services scheduled for at one'o clock Wednesday, December 7 at St.

Bartholmew's Episcopal Church with Father Jeff Champlin officiating. Burial will be

immediately after the service at Roselawn Cemetery.

Memorials may be sent to:

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

2701 Old Greenwood Road

Ft. Smith, AR 72903

OR Anglican Church of the Resurrection

1329 E. 151st Street

Glenpool, OK 74033

To place an online memorial, please visit www.edwardsfuneralhome.com