TERRY DOCKERY

CARTHAGE- A graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, at St. James Cemetery in Milford, for Terry Lee Dockery, 73, Carthage, who died at his home on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

The family will receive friends prior to the service, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Irwin Community Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Memorial contributions are suggested and made payable to St. James Cemetery in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife Crystal Dockery, of the home; one son, Aaron Dockery and wife Nancy, Carthage; one daughter Segren Cagle, Joplin; three grandchildren, Shelby Dockery, Katelyn Dockery and Kelly Dockery and dozens of cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Deana Dockery.

Mr. Dockery was born December 15, 1946, in Lamar, to Leland Carl Dockery and Julia Naomi (Crosson) Dockery. After graduating from Lamar High School he served in the United States Army and on April 24, 1971 he married Crystal M. Sorenson in Carthage.

He worked for many years at the Dyno Nobel plant in Carthage, was a member of the Jasper VFW and enjoyed hunting, fishing and restoring old Ford’s. He was a member of Irwin Community Church.