DOROTHY "DOT" NORFORD GILES

DOROTHY GILES, THE DAUGHTER OF AMELIA AND HENRY NORFORD, SR. WAS BORN ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1929 IN EAST PALATKA, FL. DOROTHY WAS THE OLDEST OF NINE SIBLINGS. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE LATER MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE SHE LIVED FOR OVER SIXTEEN (16) YEARS. WHILE LIVING IN NEW YORK, SHE MET AND MARRIED SHELTON GILES AND THEY RELOCATED TO NEW HAVEN, CT. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1993 SHE MOVED TO FLORIDA.  DOT WAS A GREAT COOK AND THIS WAS HER PROFESSION FOR MANY YEARS.  HER SPECIALITY WAS BAKING DIFFERENT VARITIES OF QUICHE. SHE ATTENDED MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH IN EAST PALATKA, FL. SHE LOVED SHOPPING, DRESSING UP, FISHING AND ENTERTAINING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WAS ALSO A GREAT DANCER AND NEVER MET A STRANGER.

IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, DOT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE OF HER SIBLINGS, HER HUSBAND SHELTON, AND HER SONS LARRY THOMPSON, SR. AND GERALD L. JAMES.

DOROTHY "DOT" NORFORD GILES ENTERED THE SUNSET OF LIFE AT 5:30 A.M. ON SUNDAY, APRIL 3 RD , 2022 AT SOLARIS/ PALATKA HEALTHCARE .

HER LEGACY OF LOVE IS SHARED BY; SONS, RONNIE L. THOMPSON, LAYFETTE, LA; KENNETH (ELNORA) JAMES SR, PALATKA, FL; STEVEN GILES, NEW HAVEN, CT; LIKE A SON, REV. DARRELL GILYARD SR, JACKSONVILLE, FL; DAUGHTER; MICHELLE GILES JAMES, COLONIAL BEACH, VA; GRANDCHILDREN; REGGIE JOHNSON, JACKSONVILLE, FL; MUZZETTE ROBINSON, JACKSONVILLE, FL; JENNIFER JAMES, ST AUGUSTINE, FL; KENNETH JAMES JR, JACKSONVILLE, FL; LE'TINA GILES, FARMVILLE, VA; KALEN JAMES, CHESTERFIELD, VA; CHARLES PURYEAR JR, KILLEEN, TX; CHERISE PURYEAR, PALATKA, FL, LARRY THOMPSON JR, NEW HAVEN, CT; LISA WHITE, MIAMI, FL; A HOST OF GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDS; BROTHERS; HENRY NORFORD JR, PALATKA, FL, JOSEPH NORFORD, DAYTONA BEACH, FL; SISTERS; ANNIE MAE BROWN, PALATKA, FL, THELMA HUNTER, EAST PALATKA, FL, CATHERINE BURNS, GREENSBORO, NC, JOAN(KENNETH) MEEKS, JACKSONVILLE, FL AND A HOST OF LOVING NEICES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.