Dorothy Mae Hope, 91, of Greenville died Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital. Born September 10, 1930 in Muhlenberg County, the daughter of Hershel Lear and Dora Elizabeth Mayes Lear. She was a housewife and a homemaker. She was a member of Joines Chapel General Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and she enjoyed cooking for her family and working on the family farm. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 64 years Sep Hope in 2011, and a sister Eula Dell Jones in 2020.
Survivors include her son, Donnie (Joyce) Hope of Greenville; daughters, Barbara McCain of Greenville; Judy Kemp, and Debbie (Gerry) Johnson both of Hopkinsville; grandchildren, Stephanie (Mike) Humphries, Stacey (Rick) Jennings, Jared Kemp, Donna Hope, Haley (Kyle) Geary, Jacob (Ariel) Johnson; great grandchildren, Morgan Humphries, Emery Jennings, Lily Geary, Wyatt Geary, Weston Geary, Collier Johnson.
Funeral services were held Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Gary’s Funeral Home in Greenville, conducted by Rev. Mike Humphries. Burial followed in Joines Chapel General Baptist Church Cemetery in Elkton.
Online condolences to the family may be made at www.garysfuneralhome.net
