Dorothy Janet Turner Whitaker, 80, of Atmore, passed away Thursday Oct. 16, 2014, in Pensacola, Fla.

She was a homemaker, born in Luverne on Aug. 30, 1934, to the late Alvin C. and Mary Lou Stallings Turner. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Atmore.

She is preceded in death by her siblings, Betty Leverette, Bobby A. Turner and Ann Lawrence.

Survivors are two sons, Brent Whitaker III of Biloxi, Miss. and Ken (Melanie) Whitaker of Acworth, Ga.; one daughter, Greer Hull of Decatur; four grandchildren, Whitney Brown, Leslie Whitaker Keith, Morgan Hull and Brian Whitaker; one great-grandchild, Brayden Hood; and father and grandfather of her children, H.B. Whitaker Jr. of Atmore.

Services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. William Leverette and the Rev. Debora Bishop officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill Cemetery.

The family received friends Saturday, Oct. 18, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 2 p.m. until service time at 3 p.m.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.