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BARNWELL - Funeral services for Dorothy Anne Sease Fenn, 75, of Barnwell were held Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 11 o’clock a.m. at Hilda First Baptist Church with the Reverends Bert Petty, Chris Roberts and Jim Parnell officiating. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. The family has requested memorial contributions be sent to Hilda First Baptist Church, 145 Church St., Hilda, S.C. 29812.
Dorothy passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Honored to serve as pallbearers were Jessey Fenn, Brent Hall, Shelton Hall, Charles I. McConnell, Donnie Pender and Vernon Zissett.
Born in Barnwell County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late George Hazel Sease and Elma Croft Sease and was married to Hollis Ansel Fenn. Dorothy was a 1967 graduate of Barnwell High School then started working for The People-Sentinel until 1982. She then went to work at Savannah River Site until her retirement in 2011. Dorothy was a member of Hagood Avenue Baptist Church from 1990 to 2019 where she served as a nursery worker, Sunday school teacher and on the condolence committee. In 2019, she and Hollis moved their letter to Hilda First Baptist Church where she enjoyed being part of the Happy Fellowship group. She was loving, cheerful and funny and always looked forward to fellowshipping with the Willing Hearts at Friendship Baptist Church. She and her family were blessed that the Alzheimer’s disease did not steal her sweet disposition.
Survivors include her loving husband, Hollis Fenn of the home; two sons, Michael Charles (Sunshine Chingching) Fenn of Cary, N.C. and Matthew Berkley Fenn of Columbia, S.C.; her granddaughter, Alexandria Xu Fenn; a sister, Sondra Sease (Mark) Garey of Dandridge, TN; father-in-law, Jimmie Otis (Maria) Fenn; sister-in-law, Melba Smith of Cayce, S.C.; brothers-in-law, Ricky Fenn and his fiancée Carol, Tommy Fenn and John Fenn; and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, George Michael Sease and Jimmy Darrell Sease; mother-in-law, Carolyn Dyches Fenn; paternal grandparents, Ernest and Alice H. Sease; and her maternal grandparents, Charlie H. and Indiana Still Croft.
Folk Funeral Home, Inc. and Crematory assisted the family with arrangements. Visit the online registry at www.folkfuneralhome.com.
