Betty S. Dozard

SUMMER SHADE – Betty S. Dozard, age 86, formerly of Russellville, Alabama, and Peoria, Illinois, passed away Thursday, February 5. 2026, at Signature Healthcare in Glasgow, Kentucky, under Hospice care.

She was born July 14, 1939, in Russellville, Alabama, to Otis B. and Jessie (Jones) Hawkins. She married William G. Dozard on April 20, 1957, in Peoria, Illinois. He passed away on February 18, 2024. She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Harold and Otis Hawkins, and two sisters, Dorothy Casey and Mary Ford.

Survivors include two daughters and two sons, Kathi (Tim) Steele and Vicky (Ed) Winter, both of Summer Shade, Kentucky, Ron (Crystal) Dozard of Cuba, Illinois, and Steven Dozard of Peoria, Illinois; eleven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Betty was an avid quilter and a member of Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Edmonton, Kentucky, Quilting Friends, and Stitching Friends, both of Glasgow, Kentucky. She was active in the Barren County Extension Homemaker Association.

She had a great love of animals. Memorials may be made to Barren River Animal Welfare Association (BRAWA).

The family has chosen cremation, and there are no services scheduled at this time. McMurtrey Funeral Home in Summer Shade, Kentucky, is in charge of arrangements