Mrs. Sarah Jane Stoner Dodd

Sarah Jane Stoner Dodd of Vestavia Hills, AL passed away, Friday, April 15, 2016 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, April 18, 2016 at Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood, AL. Interment will be on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross, GA. Sarah was born in Sylvester, GA, on November 1, 1951 to the late Dr. William Pleas and Edna Wilson Stoner. She graduated from Worth County High School in 1969 and earned her B.A. in Speech Therapy from Auburn University. Sarah was a member of the inaugural women's basketball team of 1971 at Auburn. She also held a J.D. from Birmingham School of Law. Sarah was married to Hube Dodd for 11 years until his death on April 17, 2006. She enjoyed playing bridge with her "Bridge Buddies" club and playing tennis. Sarah was a founding member of the FCCL Tennis Team at Vestavia Hills Country Club. She was actively involved in her Garden Club and the DAR Princess Sehoy Chapter, serving as Treasurer. In her lifetime, her legs pounded the tennis courts of the country club. As a girl, her feet donned tap shoes and she proudly wore an iridescent mermaid costume for her dance recital. Her brain absorbed the law while she raised two children as a single mom. Her arms swung her delighted kids when the family danced at the lake house on Friday nights. Her hands deftly "dumped" ingredients into containers for her favorite low maintenance recipes, better known as "dump recipes." Her womb carried two beautiful beings into this world. Her ears listened to sermons every Sunday, and her lips told us to be "prayerful, thankful and joyful." Before she left, Sarah willed her body to do one final thing: to cradle her son's new baby girl. Sarah is survived by her brother, Joe Stoner (Jane) of Atlanta, GA; sisters, Rebecca Stoner Hatcher (Everett) of Birmingham, AL, and Rachel Stoner Rodgers (John) of Tampa, FL; her children, Parker Hunt (Kerrie) of Denison, TX, and Rachel Hyink (Jon) of Auburn, AL; her grandchildren, Olivia and Anni Hyink and Macie Jane Hunt. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until the service hour at Ridout's Valley Chapel. For those desiring, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Association, 501 West 3rd Ave, Albany, GA 31701 or Mt. Brook Baptist Church, 3631 Montevallo Rd S., Birmingham, AL 35213.

Mrs. Sarah Jane Stoner Dodd

November 1, 1951 - April 15, 2016