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Dorothy Sproles Provine - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Roanoke (VA) Times December 6, 2014

Provine, Dorothy Sproles
Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:00 am

Dorothy Sproles (Dottie)Provine died in the care of Good Samaritan Hospice in Roanoke, Va., after a short battle 
with cancer,at age 77. She was born in Vicksburg, Miss. in 1937 to Dr. Henry Sproles Provine and 
Dorothy Kayser Provine and spent her youth across the Mississippi River at her home in Tallulah, La.
 
After graduating from high school in Tallulah in 1955, she attended SMU, where she was elected to 
Phi Beta Kappa and graduated summa cum laude. She taught at Ursulene Academy in Dallas for two years 
before entering graduate school at UCLA with a major in history. She completed her Masters Degree at LSU 
and after additional graduate study, taught at Memphis State University for six years.In 1970, she moved 
to Washington D.C. to be an archivist at the National Archives. While she was there, she was asked to help 
establish the Washington D.C. Archives and remained there as the head archivist until 1998, when she and 
her long time partner, Jean Baxter, retired and moved to their home in Goodview, Va.

Dorothy was a member of many professional organizations but often had her most rewarding service as a member 
and brief chairman of the D.C. Humanities Council. She was a member of the American Association of University Women 
and authored over a dozen books and articles, regarding historical research.

She is survived by two sisters, Mary Jo Provine Briggs (Frank) of Jackson, Miss. and Marion Kay Provine of 
St. Paul, Minn. and their children, Frank Briggs of Westminster, Colo., John Briggs (Jamee) of Evergreen, Colo., 
Kyle Lehenbauer (Kymberly) of New Brighton, Minn., and Michael Lehenbauer (Stephanie) of Centerville, Minn. She 
was predeceased by her nephew, James Lehenbauer.

Dorothy leaves many close friends behind, who relished her extreme intelligence and dry sense of humor. She 
enjoyed participating in book clubs, listening to opera and gardening.

Her family would like to thank the doctors and nurses who took care of her and her friends, who helped her and 
gave her comfort while in the hospital.