Mrs. Dottie D. Burchett Chaffins, 77, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday morning, August 29, 2021 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville after an extended illness. She was born on April 27, 1944 in Prestonsburg, KY to the late Ted and Nell Roberts Burchett. She has made Lake City her home since 1979, moving here from Indiana. She was a seamstress & homemaker, and in her spare time, she enjoyed watching TV, especially The Big Bang Theory; camping with her late husband and spending time with her family and her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Danny Lee Chaffins; brothers, Clifford and William Burchett; and her sister, Loretta Holloway.

She is survived by her children, Gary Chaffins (Amy) of Lake Butler and Rhonda Feezell (Ron) of Lake City; brother, Jack Burchett of Warsaw, IN; sisters, Pansy Baldridge of McAlpin, FL, Shirley Sparkman of Warsaw, IN and Faye Napier of Franklin, OH. Ten grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and many extended family members and friends also survive.

A funeral service for Mrs. Chaffins will be conducted on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends for a time of visitation beginning at 2:00 P.M. prior to the service.