Arcie Doris Martin Dolin

Arcie Doris Martin Dolin, “Doris”, age 95, of Tomahawk, KY exchanged worlds in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 21, 2024.  

She was a 1947 Graduate of Scott High School in Madison, WV. She was a member of the Rockcastle Church of Christ. Formerly of Ravenswood, WV,  Doris retired from Jackson General Hospital, Ripley WV where she worked as Unit  Secretary. Doris sought out crochet and knitting charities and donated many homemade blankets and caps for the Neo-Natal Units in various hospitals, painted Memory Boxes for Mothers of Stillborn Babies, and made mats for the homeless out of Walmart bags. 

After the death of her youngest son, Timothy, she "escaped" into the world of tole painting. A member of` Tole Friends United, she turned plain objects into beautiful treasures and loved to exhibit at craft shows including the Dogwood Festival in Huntington, WV. Tuesdays became a regular meeting day with her artist friends Elsie Jones and Carol Ann Compton. 

Doris was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Vernon "Pud" Dolin; her youngest son Timothy Alan Dolin; her parents John Kinder Martin and Effie May Barker Martin; three sisters Verba Pearl Davis, Deloris Elberta Chambers, and Readith Janet McNeeley; and three brothers Leamon, Quinton, and Sebert Edwin Martin. 

Survivors include: son Vernon Michael (Audrey Fields) Dolin of Bluefield VA; and one daughter Melinda Sue (William Ray) Goble of Tomahawk, KY; five grandchildren: Brandon(Darlene)and Amy Leigh of Virginia and Amanda (Phillip) Horn of London KY, Andrew (Ashley Harmon) Goble of Louisa KY, and Rebecca Goble of Lexington, KY; nine great grandchildren: Rachel, Hannah, Hollie, Jacob, Cody, Allison, Noah, Zackary and Henry; and seven great-great grandchildren: Ava, Ella, Carter, Cayson, Caydon, Audrey, and Bascom. 

Services will be provided by Handley Funeral Home in Danville, WV on Wednesday, April 24th at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial afterward at the Dolin Family Cemetery, Foster WV.