Richard Doss

Richard Howard "Dickie" Doss was called home to be with his Heavenly Father on May 2, 2016 in Greer, SC at the age of 77 after a four - year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He retired from Fluor Daniels in Greenville, South Carolina, after traveling the world as a piping engineer. Richard was born in Danville, VA on May 7th, 1938 to the late Jesse and Frances Doss. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Lucille Doss; one sister, Becky Doss and husband, Billy; four sons, Richard Doss, Jr., Randy Doss, Ron Doss, and Brian Doss; four daughters, Robyn Flanagan, Cherie Tamson and husband, Bob, Pam Emmert and husband, Blaine, and Laurel Doss; two step sons, Billy Ray Deaton and wife, Myra, and David Walker and wife, Pamela; fifteen grandchildren, two step grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and four step great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by two sisters, Barbara Jean Hamlett and Patricia Saunders; and one step daughter, Pamela Deaton Gordon. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 6, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Townes Funeral Home,215 West Main Street, officiated by Rev. Walter Yancey. Interment will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston, VA.Visitation will be Thursday, May 5th from 7:00 to ­8:00 PM at Townes Funeral Home, and all other times at the home of his daughter, Cherie Tamson at 612 Pocahontas Rd, Danville, VA. Donations may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association at www.apdaparkinson.org 135 Parkinson Avenue, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305.