Virginia Tucker Dorris, 53, was killed in Jackson, Tennessee on Monday, March 23, 2015. A longtime teller at the Bank of Jackson who had been studying nursing at Jackson State Community College, she was also an active choir member at First United Methodist in Lexington where her son Beau directed the choir. Family remembered her for a radiant smile, an angelic voice and a habit of always singing.

Public information describes her death as a domestic violence homicide. She was the mother of three children: Beau, Skylar and Scarlett Sage.