Dorothy Cannaday Major went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 8, 2010. She died peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Dorothy was born in Max Meadows, Virginia on July 17, 1920 and moved to Portsmouth in 1941 where she met and married Donald Hunter Major, Sr. They were married 67 years.

They moved their family to Suffolk in 1960 where they joined the Oxford United Methodist church. She and Donald were communion stewards for 25 years at Oxford. In 2005 she and Donald moved back to Portsmouth to live with one of their daughters.

Dorothy is survived by her husband, Donald Hunter Major Sr. originally of Saluda, VA, his brother, Page Major of Hampton, daughter, Carolyn Paige Donovan of Cheektowaga, NY; daughter, Patricia (Pattie) Liebing and her husband, Pholia C. Liebing of Portsmouth; son, Donald H. Major Jr. of Suffolk; daughter, Dorothy Jean Vallee of Newport News.

Dorothy is also survived by five grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren: Steven Donovan, his wife Justine and their daughter Jessica; Debbie Maloney and her son Tommy; James C. Knight IV, his wife Dana and their 2 daughters, Mackenzie and Jamie; Rebecca Knight and her daughter, Nadeeka; Sam Linde, her husband Jonas and their son Braeden.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Oxford United Methodist Church, 601 West Washington Street in Suffolk with Rev. Ed Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. Family visitation will be at Parr Funeral Home & Crematory, 3515 Robs Dr., Suffolk from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be given to Oxford United Methodist Church in Suffolk. Condolences may be registered online at www.parrfuneralhome.com.