Doris “Jeanne” Gatton, 81, of Leonardtown died on July 22 in Leonardtown. Born Sept. 11, 1931 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Leonard August Sunderland of Baltimore and Evelyn Moran of St. Mary’s County. Her birth mother Evelyn Moran died when she was two years old and her dad remarried when she was seven years old. She was raised by Florence D., a widow, and Leonard A. Sunderland. She was the wife of Phillip Alfred “Al” Gatton of Leonardtown, whom she married on July 4, 1952 in Compton. She is survived by her daughter Sandy and son in law George and granddaughter Shannon Dent (Rob) of Leonardtown; her daughter Joyce and son in law Preston and granddaughter Melissa Long (Brandon) of Mechanicsville and her son Lenny and his wife Tracy of Hollywood, great granddaughter Hailey and great grandson Christopher. Mrs. Gatton was a graduate of Southern High School, Baltimore, MD “Class of 1950” and a member of the marching band and orchestra. Mrs. Gatton was a work study student in high school and attended Burroughs Business Machine School, learning to work on a billing machine which typed the bills and orders. She was employed by Meds Hat’s [...]
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