Dorothy Lee Hargrove Tatum

Dorothy Lee Hargrove Tatum, 91, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at her beloved Ammadelle in Oxford. The funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Oxford-University United Methodist Church with the Rev. Warren Black and the Rev. Eddie Rester officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 9-11 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Born in Vanduser, Missouri, she moved to Oxford with her husband, John, and son, Johnny, where she raised her family and became involved with the town and community of Oxford and Ole Miss. She was a member of the board of directors for The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and a member of Oxford-University United Methodist Church since 1947. She loved to study and learn, especially the classics, history, and English literature. She also loved to travel the USA and overseas with her very best friend, Vasser Bishop. She was a loving wife, mother, and friend to so many. She enjoyed sharing her home, Ammadelle, with anyone who had an interest in antebellum homes. She will be missed so much, but all will cherish so many great memories created during her lifetime.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Franklin Tatum, her son, John Hargrove Tatum, an infant son and daughter, and her two sisters, Jean Hargrove and Katharyn Clayton.

She is survived by four sons, Pat Tatum, Tim Tatum and Dave Tatum, all of Oxford, and Bill Tatum of Villa Rica, Georgia; daughter, Jean Tatum of Oxford; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Oxford-University United Methodist Church, 424 South 10th Street, Oxford, MS or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

For more information or to sign an online guestbook, visit www.wallerfuneralhome.com or call 662-234-7971.