Larry R. Dorsey

Graveside services for Mr. Larry R. Dorsey, 82, of Kilgore will be held Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 2:00 P.M. at the Danville Cemetery. Mr. Dorsey passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in a Longview hospital.

Larry was born on January 8, 1941, in Overton. He was the son of the late Oliver Raymond Dorsey and Wilma E. Jones Dorsey. Larry joined the United States Army at age 17. After his service in the Army, he went to work for Kilgore Ceramics, where he worked for the next 41 years until his retirement. Larry enjoyed fishing, he was an avid sports fan and especially enjoyed following the Dallas Cowboys. He was a gifted woodworker and enjoyed listening to Country and Gospel Music. He will be remembered by those that knew him as a hardworking and honest man.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Juanita Still Dorsey; daughter, Shelley Dawn Dorsey White; sister, Janet Gail Biggs; brothers, Elbert Lee Dorsey and Ronnie Dale Dorsey; longtime friends, Hughes and Gilbert Pyle.

Left to cherish his memory is son and daughter-in-law, Larry Dale and Carrie Dorsey of Longview; son-in-law, Jeff White and his family; granddaughters, Hannah Dorsey and Dannah Dorsey. He will also be missed by several nieces and nephews and other loving family.