Doris lived a life of service-to her family and friends, her community, her country, and most notably, her Lord. A devout Christian, a woman of deep devotion, abiding faith, and strong conviction, anyone who knew her would speak of her love for the Lord. Doris married her one and only love, Randy, in 1955, beginning a life of patriotic service to her country as a military wife. For more than 20 years, she supported her husband in his career in the United States Air Force, raising their children and keeping the home fires burning as Randy was called to various duty assignments around the world. Like most military families, they moved many times, bbut Doris always found ways to serve her newfound communities.
Remarkably intelligent and inquisitive, Doris was a lifelong learner, wanting to learn all she could about whatever interested her. Her interests included everything from the practical, such as gardening, sewing and crocheting, to the artistic, such as cake decorating, creative writing and poetry, to the more academic, such as the latest developments in politics, medicine, and even income tax law. She worked for years with H & R Block in Lexington and Buchanan, and later as an independent tax preparer and consultant.
But above all, she was interested in religious studies. As a newlywed in her twenties, Doris gave her heart to the Lord and transformed her life. She became a voracious reader and student of the Bible. In every aspect of life, she was constantly seeking God and His direction. A hardworking servant in each of the churches to which she moved, Doris served leadership roles, such as Sunday school teacher, member and chair of numerous church committees, and outreach leader for local missions. When stationed on Okinawa, she went on missions to bring the Word to the indigenous people of the island through several newly formed churches. Later, she served as a volunteer counselor for one of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Crusades. For the last 40 years of her life, she belonged to Glasgow Baptist Church, again serving the Lord and her church in many ways.
The family would like to express our immense gratitude for all the church did for Doris in the weeks and months preceding her going home to be with her Jesus. The prayers, cards, gifts, and weekly visits meant the world to Doris and all of us. As another example of her service to others, throughout her lifetime Doris took into her home many sick and diseased friends and extended family members, caring for them as they returned to health, or ministering to their final needs. As a natural extension of her personal work, she became one of the first volunteers with the Hospice program when it was founded in the Rockbridge Area in 1984. Coming full circle, the same program served her own needs with compassion and dignity in the final days of her life.
The family would like to extend its warmest thanks to the kind, caring team with Rockbridge Area Hospice.
A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Harrison Funeral Home in Lexington, with the Reverend William Thomas and the Reverend Jeremy Kilgore officiating. Interment will follow at Glasgow Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Harrison Funeral Home.
Published in Roanoke Times from March 27 to March 28, 2012
Doris lived a life of service-to her family and friends, her community, her country, and most notably, her Lord. A devout Christian, a woman of deep devotion, abiding faith, and strong conviction, anyone who knew her would speak of her love for the Lord. Doris married her one and only love, Randy, in 1955, beginning a life of patriotic service to her country as a military wife. For more than 20 years, she supported her husband in his career in the United States Air Force, raising their children and keeping the home fires burning as Randy was called to various duty assignments around the world. Like most military families, they moved many times, bbut Doris always found ways to serve her newfound communities.
Remarkably intelligent and inquisitive, Doris was a lifelong learner, wanting to learn all she could about whatever interested her. Her interests included everything from the practical, such as gardening, sewing and crocheting, to the artistic, such as cake decorating, creative writing and poetry, to the more academic, such as the latest developments in politics, medicine, and even income tax law. She worked for years with H & R Block in Lexington and Buchanan, and later as an independent tax preparer and consultant.
But above all, she was interested in religious studies. As a newlywed in her twenties, Doris gave her heart to the Lord and transformed her life. She became a voracious reader and student of the Bible. In every aspect of life, she was constantly seeking God and His direction. A hardworking servant in each of the churches to which she moved, Doris served leadership roles, such as Sunday school teacher, member and chair of numerous church committees, and outreach leader for local missions. When stationed on Okinawa, she went on missions to bring the Word to the indigenous people of the island through several newly formed churches. Later, she served as a volunteer counselor for one of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Crusades. For the last 40 years of her life, she belonged to Glasgow Baptist Church, again serving the Lord and her church in many ways.
The family would like to express our immense gratitude for all the church did for Doris in the weeks and months preceding her going home to be with her Jesus. The prayers, cards, gifts, and weekly visits meant the world to Doris and all of us. As another example of her service to others, throughout her lifetime Doris took into her home many sick and diseased friends and extended family members, caring for them as they returned to health, or ministering to their final needs. As a natural extension of her personal work, she became one of the first volunteers with the Hospice program when it was founded in the Rockbridge Area in 1984. Coming full circle, the same program served her own needs with compassion and dignity in the final days of her life.
The family would like to extend its warmest thanks to the kind, caring team with Rockbridge Area Hospice.
A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Harrison Funeral Home in Lexington, with the Reverend William Thomas and the Reverend Jeremy Kilgore officiating. Interment will follow at Glasgow Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Harrison Funeral Home.
Published in Roanoke Times from March 27 to March 28, 2012
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