Dorothy Buffin, 91, widow of Albert Buffin, died Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Hospice Care Center.
A Woodford County native, she was a daughter of the late Floyd “Shorty” and Mary Huffman Flora. An Asbury College graduate, she taught school for 39 years, obtained advanced training in special education from the University of Kentucky and taught the first special-education classes in Woodford County. Dorothy was a longtime active member of the Versailles United Methodist Church, where she had taught Sunday school for more than 40 years, was a member and past president of United Methodist Women for more than 30 years, was a member of the church choir, the Soul Survivors and the Cornerstones.
Dot had traveled extensively to Jerusalem, Israel, Costa Rica, Belize and England. She also had served as a Woodford County precinct worker for many years. Survivors include two sisters, Evelyn Humphrey and Geneva Tudor, both of Nicholasville; her stepchildren, Betty Shuck of Jessamine County, Cecil Buffin and Ray Buffin, both of Lexington; her nieces, Etta Smith and Teresa Long, both of Nicholasville, Faye Huff of Lexington, and Alma Lois Webb of Arizona; her nephews, David L. Doolin and Johnnie Tudor of Nicholasville, Bobby Doolin and Donald Fain of Lexington, and Steve Baker of Florida; and five grandchildren, Carla Buffin, Micha Buffin, Marsha Buffin, Shannon Shuck and Jennifer Buffin. A sister, Mattie Fain; and a brother, Raymond Flora, preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Versailles United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tim Thompson and the Rev. Rebecca Peterson officiating. Pallbearers were David L. Doolin, Bobby Doolin, Johnie Ray Tudor, Lane Smith, David Anthony Underwood and Bobby Doolin Jr. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Versailles United Methodist Church Cornerstones. Visitation was Tuesday at Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass.
A Woodford County native, she was a daughter of the late Floyd “Shorty” and Mary Huffman Flora. An Asbury College graduate, she taught school for 39 years, obtained advanced training in special education from the University of Kentucky and taught the first special-education classes in Woodford County. Dorothy was a longtime active member of the Versailles United Methodist Church, where she had taught Sunday school for more than 40 years, was a member and past president of United Methodist Women for more than 30 years, was a member of the church choir, the Soul Survivors and the Cornerstones.
Dot had traveled extensively to Jerusalem, Israel, Costa Rica, Belize and England. She also had served as a Woodford County precinct worker for many years. Survivors include two sisters, Evelyn Humphrey and Geneva Tudor, both of Nicholasville; her stepchildren, Betty Shuck of Jessamine County, Cecil Buffin and Ray Buffin, both of Lexington; her nieces, Etta Smith and Teresa Long, both of Nicholasville, Faye Huff of Lexington, and Alma Lois Webb of Arizona; her nephews, David L. Doolin and Johnnie Tudor of Nicholasville, Bobby Doolin and Donald Fain of Lexington, and Steve Baker of Florida; and five grandchildren, Carla Buffin, Micha Buffin, Marsha Buffin, Shannon Shuck and Jennifer Buffin. A sister, Mattie Fain; and a brother, Raymond Flora, preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Versailles United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tim Thompson and the Rev. Rebecca Peterson officiating. Pallbearers were David L. Doolin, Bobby Doolin, Johnie Ray Tudor, Lane Smith, David Anthony Underwood and Bobby Doolin Jr. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Versailles United Methodist Church Cornerstones. Visitation was Tuesday at Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of the Bluegrass.
