Dorothy Ann Prioleau

December 8, 1954 - November 18, 2018

Funeral service for Dorothy Ann Prioleau will be held 11am, Saturday, November 24, 2018 at High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, Dalzell, SC with Rev. Donald Amis, Pastor and Rev. Eugene Myers, officiating. Interment will follow in High Hills Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. There will be a private family viewing and no public viewing. Dorothy Ann Prioleau transitioned on Sunday, November 18, 2018 in Dalzell, SC. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Mary S. Prioleau and the late Allen George Prioleau, Sr. She was a lifelong member of High Hills Missionary Church where she served in the following capacities: Vice President of the Senior Usher Board, Chairman of Church and Pastor Anniversaries/ Banquets, Secretary of Missionary Society and Youth Advisor for the Junior Ushers. She was also Chairman of the Wateree Baptist Association, Wateree Lower Division Banquet Committee Member. In her community, she served as president for the Green Springs Neighborhood Association and chaired publicity for their neighborhood newsletter. Dorothy was a graduate of Hillcrest High School, Class of 1973. She completed further studies at Sumter Area Tech, Midland Technical College and continued her education at the University of South Carolina, studying Criminology. She was formerly employed in Washington, DC at the USDA, later at the Health Science Library at Emory University, Atlanta , GA and finally at the University of South Carolina. Surviving are her mother, Mary S. Prioleau, Dalzell, SC; a brother, Henry L. (Carrie) Prioleau, Rembert, SC; five aunts, Martha Prioleau, Emma Prioleau, Lou Alice Prioleau and Janie Prioleau all of Dalzell and Albertha Singleton of New York; three nieces, Shemika (Mark) Weems, Warner Robins, GA., Amber Anderson, Columbia and Priya L. Prioleau of Stafford, VA.; One nephew, Alexander W. Prioleau of Camp Lejeune, NC and a host of other relatives.