Sedley - Dorothy Drake Burgess, 86, passed away April 4, 2018 in the East Pavilion. Mrs. Burgess was a native of Southampton County and was a daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt Drake, Sr. and Iva Holland Drake. She was also predeceased by her husband of 68 years Gholie McCoy Burgess and two half brothers Wilbur and Melvin Turner.

Mrs. Burgess was a 1949 graduate of Courtland High School, a member of Sedley Baptist Church, and a great homemaker.

Left to cherish her memory are three sons G. McCoy Burgess, Jr. (Linda), Bobby Burgess (Myra), and Ronny Burgess (Carol); a sister Shara Drake Kitchen (Nick); a brother Theodore R. "Ted" Drake, Jr.; two sisters-in-law Beth Burgess and Betty Turner; three granddaughters Hilary Burgess, Lisa Gelman (Josh) and Kimberly Lewis (Broc); three great grandchildren Vivianne and Levi Gelman and Sophia Lewis; and her Burgess family Swann Broocke, Ann Davis (Wayne), Carolyn Arnsberger (Jerry), Emerson Burgess (Shirley), Earl Burgess (Cecilia), and Wayne Burgess (Barbara).

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday, April 8, 2018 in Sedley Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Foreman officiating. Burial will follow at Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Saturday in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin and suggests that memorial donations be made to Sedley Baptist Church. The family would like to thank the staffs of The Village at Woods Edge, East Pavilion, and Hospice of Virginia for the loving care they gave our Mama.