Dorothy "Dot" Patrick Moyers

Dorothy "Dot" Patrick Moyers was a lifelong Virginian whose life was built around family, faith, and her home community of Chesterfield County, near Richmond. She was born and raised in Chase City, Virginia, in the late 1920s, and eventually settled in the Richmond area, where she lived for the rest of her life. She was not a public figure in the sense of fame or office, but her death at the age of 99 has been noted by family, friends, and the local Richmond community as the passing of a beloved elder whose warmth and generosity touched several generations.

Moyers was best known within her community as a founding and longtime active member of Walmsley United Methodist Church. She also gave her time as a volunteer helper at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, a role she kept up for many years. Those who knew her describe a woman who loved hosting gatherings for family and friends, who relished travel, particularly cruises, who enjoyed playing cards, who was fond of listening to Elvis Presley, and who had a well known habit of cooking, most notably what her family affectionately called her famously unhealthy French fries. These small, specific details, repeated by her family in the days after her death, paint the picture of a woman whose legacy was domestic and relational rather than public: a matriarch, a churchgoer, a hospital volunteer, and a devoted mother and grandmother.

Her life was marked by loss as well as long years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Marshall Moyers, by her parents, Henry Rural Patrick and Kate Eula Witherspoon Patrick, by her daughter Rita Vogeleer, by her grandson Tommy Evans IV, and by several brothers and sisters. She is survived by her daughter Joan Moyers Evans and son in law Tom Evans Jr., her grandson David Vogeleer II and his wife Anne Taite Vogeleer, her great grandson David Vogeleer III, and a wide circle of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Dorothy Moyers died on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Chesterfield, Virginia, at the age of 99. No cause of death has been made public. Her family has said she went to be with loved ones in Heaven very happy, language that reflects her lifelong Methodist faith rather than a specific medical account, and reputable obituary sources have not listed a cause. Her passing was announced through an obituary placed with Bliley's Funeral Home, Chippenham, which is handling her arrangements.

While Dorothy Moyers did not hold public office or achieve national renown, her death matters to the people who search for her name because she represents the kind of long, rooted, locally meaningful life that defines a community over nearly a century. Her funeral arrangements, including a visitation and a graveside service, give her family and friends in the Richmond area a chance to gather and remember her.