Joni Lynn Dodson Obituary (1959 - 2019)

MAYODAN Joni Lynn Dodson, 59, died on Monday, September 9, 2019 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, September 13, 2019 at Colonial Funeral Home in Madison. Interment will follow in the Shelton Family Cemetery in Sandy Ridge. The family will receive friends beginning at 9:30 a.m., Friday at the funeral home and all other times at her fathers residence. Joni was born on October 11, 1959 in Rockingham County to Wendell Dodson and the late Judy Gail Shelton Dodson. She had a heart of gold and would help anyone in need. Her love of cats was evident; however her greatest joy was her family and her beloved grandson. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Thurman and Ruby Shelton and paternal grandparents, Turner and Orie Dodson. In addition to her father, survivors include her daughter, Nikki Dodson Allen and husband, Randy of Raleigh; grandson, Garrett Allen and a host of special aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to the Barry Joyce Cancer Fund, 725 Ayersville Rd., Madison, NC 27025 and/or Hospice of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family.