Beverly “Earline” (Wilson) Doss, age 85 of Dunlap, passed away at Erlanger Sequatchie in Dunlap on Monday, June 22, 2026. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 8, 1941, the daughter of the late Earl Lewis Wilson, Sr. and Beverly Louise (Mathis) Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her son, Jeffrey Allen Doss; twin great-granddaughters, Miracle Michelle Shropshire, and Patience Yolisa Shropshire; and her four sisters, Brenda Wilson, Lexine Nance, Shirley Wilson, and Diane Cole.

Earline migrated to Waukegan, Illinois (North of Chicago) in the early sixties and lived there until retiring from the Veterans Administration Hospital in North Chicago, Illinois after 34 years of employment.

“Earline” called by most, had an angelic soprano voice and enjoyed singing. At the age of 15, Motown Recording Studio asked to sign her. That request was denied by Earline’s mother stating that she was too young, yet while a teenager singing in choirs at church and school, Earline sang on Program at Tennessee State University with the Late Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King walked over to Earline, shook her hand and told her she had a beautiful voice.

Some of Earline’s other hobbies were League Bowling, international travel to six of the seven continents, playing Scrabble daily and Jeopardy.

She is survived by her three daughters, Donna Doss of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Kimberly (Mario) Cunningham of Dunlap, Tennessee, and Carmen Doss of Dallas, Texas; her son, Donald Doss Jr. of Snellville, Georgia; her two brothers, Earl (Millie) Wilson Jr., of Hinesville, Georgia, and Robert (Katrina) Wilson of Hixson, Tennessee; her two sisters, Conious Price of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Juana (Clinton) Roberts Jr. of Hixson, Tennessee; and her 14 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Earline will be held at Orchard Knob Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 12 noon with Pastor Blevins B. Saxton III officiating. She will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. She will be laid to rest at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga.

Please share your memories and photos of Earline on her online guest register at www.vanderwallfh.com.

The family is being cared for by Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton, Tennessee, where they will receive friends in the parlor on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, after 5:00 p.m.