Doris Blaine
February 13, 1928 - January
20, 2006
Fort Smith, AR
Visitation: Visit with family
from 5:30 to 7:30 PM January 25, 2006 at Grace Manor Funeral
Home
Funeral Service: 11:00 AM
January 26, 2006 at Grace Manor Memorial Chapel
Interment: January 26, 2006 at
Oakland Cemetery
Doris J. (Sanders) Blaine, 77,
of Poteau, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, January 20, 2006,
in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ms Blaine was born February 13,
1928, in Poteau, to Edward and Truppy (Parks) Sanders. She
attended Manual Training High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma,
graduating in 1945. She attended Langston University,
graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Elementary Education. Ms. Blaine taught at Latham School as
an elementary teacher. She also taught at Stringtown High
School and the American School in Germany. She left the
teaching profession to become a homemaker. She traveled
extensively and returned to Poteau in 1981, where she
resided until her death.
Ms. Blaine was preceded in
death by her father, Edward Sanders; her mother, Truppy
Parks Smith; her husband, Sammy L. Blaine, and her sister,
Edwina Sanders Lynn.
Survivors included her son,
Jerry Johnson and his wife, Linda, of Norman, Oklahoma; one
granddaughter, Donielle Johnson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
one sister, Dr. Letha A. See and her husband, Col. William
R. See, of Marietta, Georgia; two special nephews, Ricky
Lynn and Fiancee Evelyn of Akron, Ohio; Terry L. See and his
wife, Linda, of Naperville, Illinois; one niece, Lisa
Madlock and her husband, Wylie, of Poteau; a special cousin,
Clinton J. Ezell and his wife, Yvette, of Shawnee, Kansas;
nephews, Brandon Choice and Omeyell Steele; nieces, Taylor,
Jasmine, and Jordan See along with a host of other loved
ones and friends. Pallbearers will be Wylie Madlock, Brandon
Choice, Omeyell Steele, Sterling Warren, Bob Thompson, and
Joey Ezell. Visitation will begin at 8:30 AM Wednesday,
January 25, 2006, and the family will greet friends from
5:30 PM until 7:30 PM at the funeral home.
Services will be at 11:00
AM Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Grace Manor Memorial
Chapel in Poteau with the Pastor Jerry Jennings officiating.
Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau.
Services are under the direction of Grace Manor Funeral Home
of Poteau.
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