Mr. Jeremiah W. Dorsett, Jr., 84, of Seale, AL passed Saturday, January 7, 2023 in Phenix City, AL.

Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. EST Friday, January 13, 2023 in the C.T. Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Pastor Gregory Saunders, officiating.

Mr. Jeremiah (Jere) was born March 6, 1938 in Homestead, FL to the late Jeremiah and Adrianna Dorsett, Sr. Jere was the youngest of seven children.

He attended the local Miami-Date County elementary and secondary schools. While at Mays High School, Jere played in the school band (euphonium) and represented the school on various occasions as a soloist. After graduation, he attended St. Augustine College in Raleigh, NC. During his time at college he served as cantor for the priest.

Jere was in the United States Army AMEDS from September 1960-September 1966. While in the army he sang with the U.S. Army chorus and completed the basic airborne course. Upon discharge, he worked in the Miami hospitals until he went to dental laboratory school where he graduated with honors as a certified dental lab technician. Jere owned his own dental lab in the Columbus area for more than 10 years. Later, he was employed by Dentac Department of the Army for more than 20 years until he retired on December 1999.

At an early age, Jere was baptized into the Seventh Day Adventist Church where all of his family were active members and served faithfully in various capacities: Sabbath School Superintendent and teacher, ordained elder and lay pastor, church school board chair and choir director. Jere was a member of the Uchee Pines SDA Church on Seale, AL.

He leaves to cherish his memories his wife, Ruth Reed-Dorsett; two children, Jerald S. Dorsett and J Sloane Maurice (Dwayne); one sister, Dorothy Fortson of Huntsville, AL; seven grandchildren, one great grandchild, several nieces, nephew and a host of friends and a dear lifelong friend, David Adderly of Miami, FL.