Dorothea Sonja Brinson died peacefully at home on February 20, 2015. She was born May 29, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Frank and Eva Ranstrom. As a child, she was a member of the Salvation Army Boston Citadel Church. She learned music from the Salvation Army, including the piano and trombone. She became an accomplished trombonist, and was a member of the Boston Junior Symphony. She attended "All Girls High" in Boston, and graduated in1948 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Harold Brinson Sr., and enrolled in the Salvation Army School for Officers Training in Atlanta, Georgia.
They were commissioned as Salvation Army Officers in June of 1952. They rose to the rank of Major over their 22 year career. Their final church with the Salvation Army was Cambridge Citadel, in Cambridge,Massachusetts. This church had a 40 piece brass band called the Cambridge Silver Sound. Dottie earned her Associate's degree from William and Mary University in Williamsburg, Virginia, her Bachelor's degree in English from Cameron State University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and her Master's degree in English from Georgia Southwestern in Americus, Georgia.
Harold and Dottie left the Salvation Army in 1976, and Harold became a Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference, and Dottie fulfilled her lifelong ambition and became a teacher. Dottie conducted the testing for the gifted program in the educational system of Georgia, and taught English for the gifted for 18 years before retiring. Since 1999, Dottie was an assistant to Retired Judge Clinton O. Pearson in his legal practice, and Dottie sincerely cherished his friendship.
Dottie was preceded in death by her first husband - Rev. Harold Brinson -her second husband - Phillip Wyatt, and daughter Tammie Eve Brinson. She is survived by her 2 sons and one daughter. 10 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
The bio was written by her son JB. JB and his wife cared for Dottie in her final years. Along with the help of hospice, they were there for her until the Angels too her hand. God Bless this family.
Thank you Sue for sponsoring Aunt Dottie's memorial.
They were commissioned as Salvation Army Officers in June of 1952. They rose to the rank of Major over their 22 year career. Their final church with the Salvation Army was Cambridge Citadel, in Cambridge,Massachusetts. This church had a 40 piece brass band called the Cambridge Silver Sound. Dottie earned her Associate's degree from William and Mary University in Williamsburg, Virginia, her Bachelor's degree in English from Cameron State University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and her Master's degree in English from Georgia Southwestern in Americus, Georgia.
Harold and Dottie left the Salvation Army in 1976, and Harold became a Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference, and Dottie fulfilled her lifelong ambition and became a teacher. Dottie conducted the testing for the gifted program in the educational system of Georgia, and taught English for the gifted for 18 years before retiring. Since 1999, Dottie was an assistant to Retired Judge Clinton O. Pearson in his legal practice, and Dottie sincerely cherished his friendship.
Dottie was preceded in death by her first husband - Rev. Harold Brinson -her second husband - Phillip Wyatt, and daughter Tammie Eve Brinson. She is survived by her 2 sons and one daughter. 10 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
The bio was written by her son JB. JB and his wife cared for Dottie in her final years. Along with the help of hospice, they were there for her until the Angels too her hand. God Bless this family.
Thank you Sue for sponsoring Aunt Dottie's memorial.
Dorothea Sonja Brinson died peacefully at home on February 20, 2015. She was born May 29, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Frank and Eva Ranstrom. As a child, she was a member of the Salvation Army Boston Citadel Church. She learned music from the Salvation Army, including the piano and trombone. She became an accomplished trombonist, and was a member of the Boston Junior Symphony. She attended "All Girls High" in Boston, and graduated in1948 as the Valedictorian of her class. She married Harold Brinson Sr., and enrolled in the Salvation Army School for Officers Training in Atlanta, Georgia.
They were commissioned as Salvation Army Officers in June of 1952. They rose to the rank of Major over their 22 year career. Their final church with the Salvation Army was Cambridge Citadel, in Cambridge,Massachusetts. This church had a 40 piece brass band called the Cambridge Silver Sound. Dottie earned her Associate's degree from William and Mary University in Williamsburg, Virginia, her Bachelor's degree in English from Cameron State University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and her Master's degree in English from Georgia Southwestern in Americus, Georgia.
Harold and Dottie left the Salvation Army in 1976, and Harold became a Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference, and Dottie fulfilled her lifelong ambition and became a teacher. Dottie conducted the testing for the gifted program in the educational system of Georgia, and taught English for the gifted for 18 years before retiring. Since 1999, Dottie was an assistant to Retired Judge Clinton O. Pearson in his legal practice, and Dottie sincerely cherished his friendship.
Dottie was preceded in death by her first husband - Rev. Harold Brinson -her second husband - Phillip Wyatt, and daughter Tammie Eve Brinson. She is survived by her 2 sons and one daughter. 10 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
The bio was written by her son JB. JB and his wife cared for Dottie in her final years. Along with the help of hospice, they were there for her until the Angels too her hand. God Bless this family.
Thank you Sue for sponsoring Aunt Dottie's memorial.
They were commissioned as Salvation Army Officers in June of 1952. They rose to the rank of Major over their 22 year career. Their final church with the Salvation Army was Cambridge Citadel, in Cambridge,Massachusetts. This church had a 40 piece brass band called the Cambridge Silver Sound. Dottie earned her Associate's degree from William and Mary University in Williamsburg, Virginia, her Bachelor's degree in English from Cameron State University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and her Master's degree in English from Georgia Southwestern in Americus, Georgia.
Harold and Dottie left the Salvation Army in 1976, and Harold became a Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference, and Dottie fulfilled her lifelong ambition and became a teacher. Dottie conducted the testing for the gifted program in the educational system of Georgia, and taught English for the gifted for 18 years before retiring. Since 1999, Dottie was an assistant to Retired Judge Clinton O. Pearson in his legal practice, and Dottie sincerely cherished his friendship.
Dottie was preceded in death by her first husband - Rev. Harold Brinson -her second husband - Phillip Wyatt, and daughter Tammie Eve Brinson. She is survived by her 2 sons and one daughter. 10 grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
The bio was written by her son JB. JB and his wife cared for Dottie in her final years. Along with the help of hospice, they were there for her until the Angels too her hand. God Bless this family.
Thank you Sue for sponsoring Aunt Dottie's memorial.
