PORT GIBSON — Gertrude E. Dotson died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was 72.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Prince Dotson Sr. and Rosie Gaines; three brothers, Henry Dotson, Prince Dotson Jr. and Raymond Dotson; and a sister, Kathleen Dotson.

Survivors include two brothers, Charles Dotson and Thomas Dotson, both of Port Gibson; three sisters, Essie Lee Dotson and Sharon Andrew, both of Port Gibson, and Arthur Mae Wilson of Rolling Fork; and other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Jerusalem Baptist Church in Port Gibson with the Revs. Henry Wilson and Eddie Walls officiating. Burial will follow at Gaines Family Cemetery. Visitation is today from 1 until 6 at Thompson Funeral Home and Saturday at the church from 12:30 p.m. until the service.