Dorothy Ann Avera, 85, of McDonough, Georgia, passed away on May 12, 2023, in McDonough surrounded by her family.   She was born on February 12, 1938, to Eddie Boe Harwell Avera and Leota Myrtle (Fuller) Avera in New Site, Alabama.  She lived in Sylacauga, Alabama until her family moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1952.  She graduated from Vigor High School in 1956 and then married Gordon Gwinn Hall.  They lived for a short time in Mobile, where she had their first child in 1957.  Soon after, they moved to Nokomis, Alabama where she assisted her husband in building their house, which remains there today.  She drew the plans for the house, which she learned how to do in her high school home economics class, and she held boards for him while he nailed all while pregnant with their second child, who was born in 1959.  She had their third child in 1971.  In 1988, she moved to Atmore, Alabama and lived near her mother.  She attended writing class at Jeff Davis College.  In 1997, she moved to McDonough, Georgia after the birth of her second grandchild.

Dorothy was a homemaker for many years.   After Dorothy raised her own children, she lived with her youngest daughter, Gwenlynn, in McDonough and played a huge role in raising two of her grandchildren, Chrissy and Michael.  Dorothy loved family celebrations, the holidays, and was an excellent cook.  She also was a very skilled seamstress and made clothing for her daughters and mother.  She made matching dresses for her daughters and herself.  She loved her daughters, grandchildren, and great grandson very much.   Dorothy loved studying the Bible and has many journal notebooks from her studies.  She had a very close relationship with God.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Eddie Boe Harwell Avera and Leota Myrtle (Fuller) Avera; the father of their children, Gordon Gwinn Hall; her daughter, Deborah Kay (Hall) Craven; her great-grand daughter, Scarlet Kay Kilcrease; her sister, Sharon Nell Avera and her brother, Donald Avera.

She is survived by her two daughters, Gená Hall Day of Decatur, GA and Gwenlynn Hall-Curry (Mike Curry) of McDonough, Georgia; three grandchildren, Katie (Craven) Sogn-Lane, Chrissy Curry, and Michael Curry; and one great-grandson, Elijah Kilcrease.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 12 Noon at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Greg Sellers officiating. Interment will follow in Nokomis Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 16, 2023 from 11 AM until service time at 12 Noon at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.