The Huntsville Times Newspaper
Huntsville, Madison Co., AL
Monday, August 23, 1999

ROGERSVILLE - Dolphus Clyde Presley, 87, died Saturday in Florence. The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Spry Funeral Home in Athens.

Mr. Presley was a retired minister and writer and a former house parent at Alabama Baptist Childrens Home in Decatur.

Survivors include his wife, Roxie Presley; two sons, James Presley of Ripley, W.Va., and Owen Presley of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; one daughter, Kay Parker of Florence; one sister, Eloise Gilleland of Birmingham; one brother, Chalmers Presley of Gulfport, Miss.; and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Alabama Baptist Childrens Home, 1404 16th Ave. S.E., Decatur, 35601