Dorthy Jewell Pearson

Dorthy Jewell Pearson, 83, of Scottsville, KY passed away peacefully Thursday, November 20, 2025, at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. She was born on March 9, 1942, in Allen County at the County Farm to the late Ernest Greaton Pearson and Bertha Mae Mays Pearson. Dorthy graduated from Allen County High School in 1960. In 1963, she graduated from Western Kentucky State College with a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics. Dorthy also received her Elementary Education Certification in 1973 from Western Kentucky University. She received a master’s degree in 1979 and a Rank I in Teachers Education in 1984. She taught for 31 years in the Allen County School System, teaching science and home economics at Allen County High and Franklin Simpson High School. She primarily taught the third and fourth grades at Scottsville Elementary, Allen County Elementary, and Allen County Primary Center. She retired from the Allen County Primary Center in 2000. She was a member of the Allen County Retired Teachers Association, a former member of the Buck Creek Homemakers, and a member of the Patrick Gillmore Chapter of the DAR. She was saved at an early age and joined Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and later moved her membership to Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher, active in youth programs, and vacation bible school. After moving to Bowling Green, she attended Living Hope Baptist Church.

The Pearson Family established the Pearson Family Scholarship Fund. The fund assists deserving Allen County students to obtain a higher education. Through this fund, Mrs. Dorothy Pearson’s legacy lives on.