Etheleen Maloy Dodson, 81, of Covington, died March 26 at Riverside Health Care Center. The daughter of the late Luby Jackson Maloy and Lena Ricks Maloy, she was a member of Voice of Pentecost. Mrs. Dodson loved her church and loved being around children. She will be dearly remembered as a devoted and loving wife, mother, sister and aunt. Mrs. Dodson is preceded in death by her husband James Harold Dodson and her son Steven Dodson.

Survivors include sister Earsie Cartledge of Oxford; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held today, March 29, at 4 p.m., in the chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 1215 Access Road, with the Rev. Gavin Moon officiating. Interment will follow in Lawnwood Memorial Park. Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Voice of Pentecost, 4648 Salem Road, Covington, Ga., 30016. Visit www.caldwellandcowan.com to place online condolences.