Dorothy D. Raulerson, age 67 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Thursday, December 15, 2005 at her sister's home in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Sunday at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Parks Chapel Cemetery, Clinton. Dorothy will lie in state from 12 Noon to 5 P.M. Saturday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Grace Hospice of Kansas City and may be left at the funeral home.

Dorothy was born in Brownington, Missouri. She was a nursing assistant and worked as a waitress for Uchie's Resturant in Clinton. She was a member of Northeast Baptist Church and attended Allen Street Baptist Church.

She is survived by six sons, Harry Lee Green, James William Tye, Roger Dale Tye, Raymond Earl Hawkins, Kevin Eugene Hawkins and Heath Lynn Hawkins; one daughter, Fonda K. Nelson; three sisters, Wanda Honk, Ann Johnson and Carol Bosley as well as a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.