"I looked over Jordan and what did I see"  Tommy Leroy Dorsey Sr., age 79, a resident of Muskogee, OK and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, transitioned, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 in Springs Skilled Nursing facility.

Thomas (Tom) Leroy Dorsey

From Sunrise to Sunset

November 28, 1943 – December 24, 2022

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart,

And merciful men are taken away,

None considering that the righteous

Is taken away from the evil to come.

He shall enter into peace,

They shall rest in their beds,

Each one walking in his uprightness.

Isaiah 57:1-2

Tom was born November 28, 1943 to the proud parents of Robert, Sr. and Mildred (Winston) Dorsey in Alton, Illinois. He was baptized as a child at St. James Baptist Church in Alton, Illinois and was educated in the public schools of Alton before joining the Navy in 1961.

Upon his return from the military, Tom married Diane Allen of Alton, Illinois. Diane preceded him in death on September 18, 2020. He also married Pearl Barnett of Alton, Illinois who also preceded him in death on January 11, 2017. Tom was retired and turned his life over to the Lord. He served in his ministry, ordained and known in his later years a Deacon Tommy Dorsey.

Tom was preceded in death by his mother and father, sisters Beverly Dorsey of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Phyllis White of Atlanta, Georgia and his brother Robert Dorsey Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia and his son Cory Carpenter of Charlotte, North Carolina.

He leaves to cherish his memory a daughter, Sharaun Butler of Alton, Illinois with Diane; two sons Tommy Jr. and Rodney Dorsey from Muskogee, Oklahoma with Pearl; and his daughter, Kristin Jordan of St. Louis, Missouri with Sharon Jordan. He also leaves grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews; a brother James Dorsey (Doris) of Las Vegas, Nevada and a sister Debra Ann Brealond (Stanley) of Stone Mountain, Georgia; a host of relatives and friends.

Naturally our hearts are filled with sorrow and the tears will flow when our loved ones are taken from us, but we should still our grief long enough to think what this home going means to a friend. Toils and burden bearing are exchanged for the repose of heaven. They should rejoice and thank God for a life which leave behind it a radiance or purity, goodness and peace.

Graveside Service will be conducted on Friday, December 30th at 10:00 a.m. in the Greenhill Cemetery, 1500 N. York St., Muskogee, OK.

The Family has been cared for by, House of Winn Funeral Home-Muskogee