Dorothy Leona (Davis) Cannady

Dorothy Leona (Davis) Cannady
Dorothy Leona (Davis) Cannady

May 17, 1926 ~ May 18, 2021 (age 95)

Dorothy Leona Davis Cannady, 95, of Bladenboro went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Jarvis Davis and Irene Allen Davis, her husband John Cannady, one grandson Shaun Perkins and three sisters, Margaret Carroll, Helen Ward and Vivian Smith. Dorothy leaves behind four daughters: Juli Perkins (Kenny), Donna Cannady, Karen Townsend (Grant), and Kenna Cannady, all of Bladenboro, one sister Betty Williams of Rockingham, sister-in-law Margaret Barnes of Elizabethtown, four grandchildren, Ian Perkins (Karen), Ty Perkins (Taylor), Steven Perkins, and Dakota Perkins (Kristal), two great grandchildren Grayson and Landon Perkins and many beloved nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Friday, May 21st at Antioch Baptist Church in Lumberton. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 22nd at 4:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church with Pastor Blake Dodd officiating. Burial will follow the services in the Singletary Cemetery (Butters) in Bladenboro.