Doris Stewart Pritchett

Born Doris Edith Mills in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on June 11, 1918, graduated from Chickasha High School in 1936 and later married Earl Stewart in Cleveland, Ohio. Returning to Oklahoma City in the 1940's, she plied her skills as a seamstress, and worked with the Oklahoma Wildlife Department. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Education in 1965 from Central State College, and married Dan Pritchett that same year. She earned her Master's in Elementary Education in 1969. She taught 5th Grade at Sunset Elementary from 1965 to 1971, and then taught various subjects at Oklahoma Christian Schools where she ended her formal teaching career in 1982. Beloved mother, grandmother, teacher and mentor, Doris returned home on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, surrounded by loved ones in the Edmond home of her son. She is survived by her daughter, Shelley Stewart-Jones, currently serving as a missionary in Honduras her son, Earl "Tippy" Stewart, and step-daughter, Joan Pritchett-Holland who resides in Richardson, Texas. A memorial service in her honor will be held in September.