Gary Dotson

July 20, 1938 — November 6, 2014

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Florence, Arizona/Venice, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Robert Gary Dotson, age 76, died November 6, 2014 in Mesa, Arizona. He was born July 20, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, a son of Robert and Lillian Dotson. He attended Salt Lake South High School. He married Sylvia Anna Dotson, January 14, 1956 in Provo, Utah. Gary was a proud Army veteran, a servant, a lover, a patriot, a cowboy at heart, a modern day frontiersman, a wanderer, an explorer, an adventurer, a dreamer, the ever quintessential spinner of almost believable cock-and-bull yarns. He is survived by his children: Robert and Rebecca Dotson of Nutrioso, AZ; Chardale and Walt Irvine of Richfield, UT; Sherone and Ron Taylor of Evanston, WY; Shaun and Chad Horton of Chandler, AZ; 13 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; Siblings: OdenaBluemel, Dean Caldwell. He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Lillian Dotson; wife, Sylvia Anna Dotson; a son, Lamar (Maury) Dotson, brothers; Sidney (Jack) Dotson, Charles (Chuck) Dotson, Alpha (Ed) Dotson, Leslie Dotson, Roy Caldwell, Lamar (Maury) Caldwell, sisters; Rosalie Wririe, Nellie Dotson, Anna Dotson, Ruby Dotson, Rose Dotson. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. in the Venice Utah LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 A.M prior to the services. Burial with military honors accorded by the VFW Sevier Post #5050 and the Utah Honor Guard will be in the Venice Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield, Utah. In lieu of flowers, donations to the ‘Valley Fever Americas Foundation’ are also welcome (www.valleyfever.com).

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