Mary Dorothy Alexander Vickers

        Dorothy “Dot” Vickers, 91, of Winchester, Virginia, passed on to the Lord, August 27, 2013, at Consultant Nursing Home in Woodstock, Virginia.

Mrs. Vickers was born in Shelby, North Carolina, December 27, 1921.  She was the daughter of the late James F. and Lula Alexander.

Mrs. Vickers attended Western Carolina Teachers College in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She was a member of the Opequon Presbyterian Church in Kernstown, Virginia.  She was employed by Goode Refrigeration and Leggett’s Department Store of Winchester.

Mrs. Vickers was a loving wife to the late Jacob Glover Vickers and was preceded in death by her three brothers and three sisters all of North Carolina.

Surviving are her sons, Jacob Glover Vickers, Jr. and wife, Linda, James Thomas Vickers and wife, Jane, all of Winchester.  Grandchildren, Whitney Vickers Painter and husband, James, Jacob “Trae” Glover Vickers, III and wife, Mimi, all of Winchester, Jason Charles Vickers of New York, New York, Kathryn Alexander Vickers of Brussels, Belgium and great granddaughter, Shelby Elizabeth Vickers Painter.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 AM on Thursday at Opequon Presbyterian Church.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Thursday at Opequon Presbyterian Church with Reverend David Whitt officiating.  Interment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park, Frederick County, Virginia.

In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Youth Development Center, 3 Battaile Drive, Winchester, Virginia, 22601 or, The Evans Home, 330 E. Leicester Street, Winchester, Virginia  22601.

Arrangements are being handled by Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.