Dorothy Jean Hamilton Yost Myers

Dorothy Jean Hamilton Yost Myers (Dot), age 88, of Laurel died January 8, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Dallas, Texas. Visitation will be held Friday, January 15th at 12:30 p.m. with funeral services following at 2:00 p.m. at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Father Michael Thornton from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will officiate. Burial will be in Crestview Cemetery immediately following the service. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Claude Hamilton and Daisy Hawkins Hamilton, her sisters Betty Hamilton Tiedeman and Mae Eleanor Mosley Mizell, her brother James C. Hamilton, Jr., her husband Nicholas Yost, Jr, and her husband James Myers, and her daughter Jennifer Yost Roca. She is survived by her son, Nicholas Yost III and wife Chris of Osceola, IN. Two daughters, Joanna Myers Maslanka and husband Patrick of Tampa, FL and Marty Myers of Dallas, TX, Three grandchildren Kevin Jordan, Kyle Jordan, and Christina Roca, and her extended family. Dot was born in 1927 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her family moved to Laurel when she was in high school and she graduated from Gardiner High School when she was only 15 years old. At that time, she began her long career in Insurance with Graves, Lindsey, McLaurin, Inc. She was devoted to her clients as they were to her. In her later years, she also attended Jones County Junior College, while working full-time and raising her family. She served the Insurance Women of Laurel as President and was selected as Insurance Woman of the Year in 1979. After 47 years of service, she retired and she and her husband built the Laurel KOA Kampground and operated it for 17 years. They enjoyed the travelers who passed through, and made many friends who came back each year. Dot loved her family and gave much love and time to her children’s school activities, including PTA, band trips, theater productions, choirs, dance recitals, and drill teams. She was also an active supporter of parent and alumni events at Marion Institute of Alabama. She was a long standing member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where she taught Sunday School and volunteered her time. She also served on the Parish Council and the Mother’s Club at Immaculate Conception Catholic School. Her most treasured hobby was camping with the family and they traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada in their Motor Home. Many happy memories were formed as the children grew up camping from coast to coast and to the mountains as the seasons changed. Pallbearers will be Nick Yost, Kevin Jordan, Kyle Jordan, Patrick Maslanka, Alan Tiedeman, and Bill Thames. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Hamilton, David Hawkins, Robert Lawhon, Jeff Troyka, Denson Craft and George Stanley. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be made to Immaculate Conception Church, Laurel or the charity of your choice.

Dorothy Jean Hamilton Yost Myers

January 8, 1928 - January 8, 2016