Background
Felton, Dorothy Jean Wood was born on March 1, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Felton, Dorothy Jean Wood was born on March 1, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor in Journalism, University Arkansas, 1950.
Section editor Tulsa Tribune. Member professional staff Southern Regional Education Board. Public relations consultant.
Member Georgia House of Representatives from 43rd District, 1975—2000. Member house appropriations committee, house state planning and community affairs committee, house ways and means committee Georgia House of Representatives.
Chair Republican caucus Georgia House of Representatives, 1988-1992, General Assembly Election Committee, 1982. Vice chair technical committee National Housing and Urban Development Manufactured Home Advisory Council, 1982, Fulton County Personnel Board, 1972-1974. Delegate Republican national convention, 1984.
Co-chair Women for Reagan-Bush, 1984. Georgia chair Southern Republican Leadership Conference, 1983. Chair advisory committee Fulton County Schools.
Board directors Atlanta Girls' Club, Protestant Radio and television Center, Inc., Sandy Springs Art and Heritage Society, Sandy Springs Foundation, National Conference State Legislators, 1993-1996. Founding board directors Leadership Sandy Springs. Past board directors Campbell-Stone Retirement Homes, College of Health Education Georgia State University, Riverwood High School Parent-Teachers Association, Georgia Society to Prevent Blindness.
Member advisory board DeKalb Juvenile Court. Member Fulton County Task Force of Governor's Conference on Education, Leadership Atlanta, League of Women Voters. Past president North Springs High School Parent-Teachers Association.
Named to regional leadership institute Atlanta Regional Commission, 1992.
Daughter ofGeorge Fetter & Ima Chronister Wood. Married J. Jerome Felton Junior, 1953. Children: Jethro J. III, F. Bryan.