Dorothy Strange Williamson

July 7, 1925 - December 16, 2020

Dorothy Strange Williamson, beloved wife, mother, aunt and friend, died peacefully in her sleep on December 16, 2020 at the age of 95. Her long and loving life was spent in service to her family and her community. She was born in Braithwaite, Louisiana in 1925 and was proud of her French-Acadian heritage. While living in New Orleans, she met her future husband, Christy M. Williamson of Oak Park, Georgia at a wartime dance for servicemen held on the historic USS President steamboat. They married in 1947 and moved to Jacksonville to raise their three children. They were happily married until his death in 2003. She will be remembered for her cheerful and positive spirit, her humor, and her constant readiness to help others, as well as her skills as an organizer, cook, and seamstress. She put her talents to good use in many community projects over her later years, including serving four times as president of the Southside Women’s Club. “Miss Dot” created the club’s Holiday Stockings for Seniors Project and supervised it for over 34 years. She logged many volunteer hours to benefit the Shriners Children Hospital with her husband, a member of the Morocco Shrine Temple, and she was a lifelong member of the Daughters of the Nile. Even in retirement, she continued to provide thousands of handmade donations to Hope Haven Children’s Hospital, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Operation Smile and the Shriners Hospital for Children, among others. She is survived by her son, Cary M. Williamson of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and her daughters Judith Leroux (Denny) and Jill Mankin (Hal), both of Atlantic Beach, Florida. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/shc There will be a private family service.