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Mr.
David Dorrel “Doyle” Plott, age 89 of Dorrel Plott Rd., Young Harris
passed
away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 in the Chatuge Nursing Home where he had
been a
resident for the past five years. He was
preceded in death by father and mother, Elmer D. Plott and Letha
Swanson Plott
and a brother, Odas Plott. Mr. Plott was
a member of West Union Baptist Church.
Surviving Mr.
Plott are a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Hoyt King, grandsons and
their
wives, Derek and Brande King and Gavin and Many
(sic)
King. Great grandchildren, Aaron, Ava
and Lance King and Baylee Young all of Young Harris, one brother Carlos
“Floyd”
Plott of Lyles, TN, several nieces and nephews also survive.
Doyle was a
WWII veteran, serving in the Army Armed Forces, which he was proud to
do. He served in the Asiatic Pacific
Theater
(Japan and Philippines). He served as a
Corporal, received an Expert Rifleman Bade (the highest qualification),
an Army
of Occupation Ribbon, Victory Ribbon and a Bronze Star.
He enjoyed sharing stories of his experiences
with family and friends.
After
returning from the war he continued to work with his father and other
family
members farming and cutting timber, (As a 12 year old child he was
injured when
hit by a truck, and a few weeks later another accident when a log
rolled over
over (sic) him and broke his leg (leaving him with a bad limp for the
rest of
his life). But this never kept him from
working hard at any job.
For a short
period of time he worked with the county conservation agency. He did various other jobs, such as driving
the bus for Young Harris college, and truck
driving.
Later Doyle
decided to become a barber and for 13 years he cut hair in Bill’s
Barber Shop
in Young Harris. His specialty was the
flat top hair style.
His life
long dream was to be a welder, so he built a shop near his home so he
could be
nearby to watch after his dad and invalid mother. He
did welding for the telephone and power company
as well as small jobs for other local
people. He also did blacksmith and
gunsmith work. He liked inventing
assembling specialty tools. Anyone
needing special farm implements made came to have him make something,
but you
couldn’t rush him, he wanted it perfect.
As his
health began to decline and he was unable to go to the shop to work he
continued to work on guns and also enjoyed very much having family and
friends
come to use the rifle range at his home, right up until he entered the
nursing
home. Over the years he especially
enjoyed having his grandsons, Derek and Gavin close by so he could
teach them
each of his trades, especially the welding and gun work, which they
continue to
do.
Funeral
services were held on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 at 2 p.m. from the
Mountain View
chapel with the Rev. Gavin King officiating.
Special music was presented by Jonathan Adams.
The following gentlemen served as pallbearers,
Tamar Thompson, Tommy Chastain, Tony Harkins, Brownie Brown, David
Kuykendall,
Jerry Hood, Lewie Hughes and Shaun Chastain.
Serving as honorary pallbearers were Buck Kuykendall, Clarence
Collins,
Tommy Daniels, Bob Ellis, Cecil Collins, Bill Kuykendall Walter Dockery
and Dr.
Robert Stalhkuppe. Interment followed in
the Old Union Baptist church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor
guard
conducting military honors. The family
met with friends at the funeral home on Saturday evening from 6-9 p.m.
Mountain
View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send
condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com.