3/01/33 – 9/17/23
Funeral services celebrating the life of Tom Billy Dodson were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at First United Methodist Church of Logansport, 401 Gum St, Logansport, Louisiana. Officiating the service was Rev. Nancy Wofford. Interment was held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22, 2023, at Malakoff Cemetery, in Malakoff, Texas. Visitation was held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 943 Polk Street, Mansfield, Louisiana.
Tom was born on March 1, 1933, in Malakoff, Texas to Dewey and Pearl Dodson and entered into rest on Sunday, September 17, 2023. Tom served in the United States Army. He was a Company Clerk in the Headquarters Division of the U.S. Army and his rank when he discharged was Corporal. Tom held many different career titles during his life: Agriculture Teacher, Basketball Coach, Cattle Farmer, and Supervisor of Special Education Services in DeSoto Parish. He also served two terms as a DeSoto Parish School Board Member.
Preceding him in death are his parents; three brothers; and three siblings. Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Carolyn Dodson; daughters, Melissa Rutherford (Rodney), Nori Arbuckle (Ricky), Angie Ramsey, and Cara Springer (Kelly); sister, Sallye Sanford; grandchildren, Lenzi Beal (James), Brandon Heard (Taylor), Nikki Lozano (George), Rachel Arbuckle, Daniel Arbuckle (Brook), Blake Arbuckle (Larissa), Kristin Ramsey, Lauren Ramsey, Katelynn Ramsey, Jake Boggs, Calli Boggs, and Blayne Springer; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Honoring Tom as pallbearers were his grandsons: Brandon Heard, Daniel Arbuckle, Jake Boggs, Blayne Springer, and Blake Arbuckle.