Claudie E. "Dolly" Southard, 95, died February 26, 2011 at Ellinwood District Hospital, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1915 at Owensboro, Kentucky, the daughter of Jesse Leroy and Edith Amanda (Jamison) Gough. She married George Wesley Southard March 2, 1934 at Hutchinson, Kansas. He died February 26, 1978. A Great Bend resident since 1945, coming from Hutchinson, Kansas, Mrs. Southard was a homemaker. Mrs. Southard was of the First United Methodist faith and was a member of Tri-Circle ACBL Duplicate Bridge Club. Survivors include two sons: Gary Dean Southard and wife Mary, Coral Springs, Florida; and Joe Southard and wife Loretta, Great Bend; one daughter: Sharon Erwin and husband Bert, Great Bend; nine grandchildren: Lara Marsh, Tanya Horne, Kara Southard, Anthony Southard, Mark Erwin, Jana Erwin-Durfee, Pamela Erwin-Roemer, Lauri Wenberg, and Michael Southard; and fourteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, William Gough; two sisters, Edna Myers and Leona Reed; three grandchildren, Steve Erwin, Gregg Erwin, and Kathrine Southard; and two great-grandchildren, Kirsten Wenberg and Jonah Erwin. Funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 3, 2011 at First United Methodist Church. The Reverend Tom Sheldon will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to Ellinwood District Hospital Long-term Care Clinic, in care of the funeral home.