of Paris, AR

October 21, 1939 - February 2, 2020

Dorothy Dial Armstrong Jacobs, aged 80, passed away suddenly on Sunday February 2nd, 2020 at Mercy Hospital North Logan County in Paris, Arkansas. Born on October 21st 1939 to Ray and Helen Armstrong, she was raised in Coal Hill, Arkansas and graduated from Coal Hill High School in 1957. In 1958, Dorothy married E L Jacobs of Hunt, Arkansas. Dorothy attended the College of the Ozarks (now University of the Ozarks) in Clarksville, Arkansas, receiving a degree in Elementary Education and Art in 1964. She received a Masters Degree in Education from Arkansas Tech University in 1982. She worked as an elementary school teacher at Lamar, Arkansas from 1964 to 1973 and in Paris, Arkansas from 1973 to 1997. She was an active member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Road Hogs, the Retired Teachers Association of Arkansas, and the First United Methodist Church in Paris, Arkansas. She enjoyed quilting, traveling to Razorback games, and participating in sorority activities. She also enjoyed arguing with her husband about pretty much anything while loving him faithfully for over 60 years. She is survived by her husband E L Jacobs of Paris, Arkansas, daughter Edye White of Paris, Arkansas, son and daughter in-law Eddie and Melanie Jacobs of Memphis, Tennessee, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Friends are invited to a memorial service to be held at First United Methodist Church, 205 North Elm, in Paris, Arkansas at 11am on February 8th, 2020. Family will hold a private interment at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Hunt, Arkansas.

In lieu of flowers memorial may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Paris.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller Funeral Home
1700 East Walnut Street
Paris, AR  72855
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com