Catherine V. "Kitty" Dixon, 85 of Hollywood, MD died November 4, 2009 at St. Mary's Nursing Center. Born April 21, 1924, in Hollywood, MD she was the daughter of the late John I. "Nace" and Annie M. Readmond Dorsey.

She is survived by her daughter Mary Evelyn Dryden of Leonardtown, MD, her siblings: Shaffer Dorsey, Barbara Montgomery and Grace Davis, all of Hollywood, MD and Evelyn Armsworthy of California, MD. She is also survived by her granddaughters Trudy Wible and her husband Larry, of St. Mary's City, MD and Wendy Fitzgerald and her husband Sean of Leonardtown MD and two great-grandchildren Tyler and Shannon Fitzgerald.

She was preceded in death by her sister Mary Abell and her brother William Walter Dorsey.

Kitty was a bartender at the Clover Inn in Hollywood, MD for 37 years, retiring in 1987.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where a funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM with Deacon Lou Koeniger officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Pallbearers will be Joe P. Dorsey, Kyle Diaz, John "J.J." Howard, Wayne Burroughs, Joey Bean and Scottie Bean.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.