Mrs. Dorothy Anne Mauldin Story, 79, of 1989 Atwater Rd., Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at her home.

Funeral services for Mrs. Story will be held Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Valley Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Drew Stephens and Rev. Jerome Stallings officiating. Burial will be in Upson Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Story was born in Upson County on May 30,1933, a daughter of Thelmon Bill Mauldin and Annie Ruth Williams Mauldin. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Tift College and began a long teaching career at Thurston Elementary School. She later taught English at Forest Park High School.

Mrs. Story also earned a Master’s Degree in Divinity from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was a member of the Valley Grove Baptist Church where she served as church organist and also as a Sunday School teacher.

Mrs. Story is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Story; three nieces, Stephanie Cadenhead of Zebulon, Karen Green of Concord, NC, and Cindy Martin of Williamson; a nephew, Gregory Hamilton of Marianna, FL; five great-nieces, one great-nephew, 3 great-great-nieces and two great-great-nephews.

The family of Mrs. Story will receive friends at Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home Friday, December 7, 2012 from 5 until 7 p.m.

Condolences may be expressed at www.pasleyfletcher.com. Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.