1916
Dorothy
2011
Dorothy Dumas Vick
December 18, 1916 — February 9, 2011
Mrs. Dorothy Dumas Vick, age 94 and a former resident of So. Fulton, TN, died February 9, 2011 at 12:33 a.m. at Christian Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
She was born in Natchez, MS to Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Dumas on December 16, 1918. Mrs. Vick earned a B.S. Degree from Tuskegee University in 1940 and completed all coursework for a Master’s Degree in Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Mrs. Vick was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Fulton, KY where she served on the Bishop’s Committee. She was a retired educator who taught at Milton School, 1960 – 1970, and grades 4-6 at Carr Elementary School from 1970 to 1982, in Fulton, KY. After her retirement in 1982, she moved to Paducah, KY, where she lived for 5 years before moving to St. Louis, MO in 2002.
As co-owner of the former Vick’s General Merchandise Store in So. Fulton, TN, Mrs. Vick worked alongside her late husband and co-owner, Harvey O. Vick, Jr. She organized the first Black Girl Scout Troop in the Kentucky Bear Creek Council, was a member of the AKA Sorority, served as president of the Black Tennessee State PTA, and worked as a fund raiser for the St. Paul AME Church.
Survivors include two daughters Vivian Sonja (Dan) Fishco, Prescott, AZ, Sylvia (Carlos) Jenkins, Black Jack, MO, and a son, Harvey (Valeria) Vick of Spring, TX. She also leaves a sister, Gloria Robinson, Natchez, MS and a brother, Johness (Claudia) Dumas, Ypsilanti, MI; eight grandchildren, Sherisse Hawkins, Boulder, CO, Dr. William Fishco, Anthem, AZ; Ilene Veronsky, Bell Meade, NJ; Shanda Mathis, Norcross, GA; Sybil Booker, Philadelphia, PA; Shannon Vick, Spring, TX; Cheryl Turner, Chicago, IL; Kimberly Brooks, Kansas, City; KS, thirteen great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, and an “honorary” son, Pete Algee.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Vick was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Marcella Huggings and Marjorie Lawless, and four brothers, Dr. Albert Wood Dumas, Jr., Alexander Dumas, Michel Dumas, and Willard Dumas.
Visitation will be held from 10:30 – noon, Friday, February 18, 2011 with the funeral immediately following at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fulton, KY; Rev. Nick Jaeger will officiate. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, also in Fulton, KY.
In Lieu of flowers, the Vick Family asks that you make donations to one of the following charities:
Tuskegee University
c/o Willie Burnett
320 Kresge Center
Tuskegee, AL 36088
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick
Class of 1940,
Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion
c/o Bettye A Thomas
P. O Box 1131
Fulton, KY 42041
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick,
Trinity Episcopal Church
1100 Vine Street
Fulton, KY 42041
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick
She was born in Natchez, MS to Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Dumas on December 16, 1918. Mrs. Vick earned a B.S. Degree from Tuskegee University in 1940 and completed all coursework for a Master’s Degree in Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Mrs. Vick was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Fulton, KY where she served on the Bishop’s Committee. She was a retired educator who taught at Milton School, 1960 – 1970, and grades 4-6 at Carr Elementary School from 1970 to 1982, in Fulton, KY. After her retirement in 1982, she moved to Paducah, KY, where she lived for 5 years before moving to St. Louis, MO in 2002.
As co-owner of the former Vick’s General Merchandise Store in So. Fulton, TN, Mrs. Vick worked alongside her late husband and co-owner, Harvey O. Vick, Jr. She organized the first Black Girl Scout Troop in the Kentucky Bear Creek Council, was a member of the AKA Sorority, served as president of the Black Tennessee State PTA, and worked as a fund raiser for the St. Paul AME Church.
Survivors include two daughters Vivian Sonja (Dan) Fishco, Prescott, AZ, Sylvia (Carlos) Jenkins, Black Jack, MO, and a son, Harvey (Valeria) Vick of Spring, TX. She also leaves a sister, Gloria Robinson, Natchez, MS and a brother, Johness (Claudia) Dumas, Ypsilanti, MI; eight grandchildren, Sherisse Hawkins, Boulder, CO, Dr. William Fishco, Anthem, AZ; Ilene Veronsky, Bell Meade, NJ; Shanda Mathis, Norcross, GA; Sybil Booker, Philadelphia, PA; Shannon Vick, Spring, TX; Cheryl Turner, Chicago, IL; Kimberly Brooks, Kansas, City; KS, thirteen great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, and an “honorary” son, Pete Algee.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Vick was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Marcella Huggings and Marjorie Lawless, and four brothers, Dr. Albert Wood Dumas, Jr., Alexander Dumas, Michel Dumas, and Willard Dumas.
Visitation will be held from 10:30 – noon, Friday, February 18, 2011 with the funeral immediately following at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fulton, KY; Rev. Nick Jaeger will officiate. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, also in Fulton, KY.
In Lieu of flowers, the Vick Family asks that you make donations to one of the following charities:
Tuskegee University
c/o Willie Burnett
320 Kresge Center
Tuskegee, AL 36088
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick
Class of 1940,
Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion
c/o Bettye A Thomas
P. O Box 1131
Fulton, KY 42041
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick,
Trinity Episcopal Church
1100 Vine Street
Fulton, KY 42041
In Memory of Dorothy Dumas Vick
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