Bobbie Joyce Dotson Obituary
We are sad to announce that on February 28, 2026, at the age of 86, Bobbie Joyce Dotson in Mobile, Alabama, born in Tallulah, Louisiana passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Bobbie farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Bobbie is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her son Ted Ruffin; and her husband Jerry Dotson. She is survived by: her mother Lucille Payton; her children, Robert Ruffin (Donna), Tim Ruffin, Mark Gordin (Amy) and Deborah Ruffin; and her nephew Michael Murphy. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.