Doris Lee Simmons Samuel
1934 - 2020
Doris Lee Simmons Samuel
1934 - 2020
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BORN
1934
DIED
2020
Doris Samuel Obituary
Doris attended public school in the Liberty Community of Newton County, Texas graduating from Liberty Elementary and High Schools. She continued her education at Prairie View A & M University, obtaining her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Elementary Education with minors in Music and Art Education.
Doris is preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Samuel; her parents; sisters Iris Rigsby (E.L.) and Barbara Strickland (Cecil); brothers-in-law, L.D. Laday, Alton Gordon, and Samuel Moore; god-daughter Zeniece Strickland; nephews, Louie Todd LaDay and Dashyl LaDay.
Left to cherish her memories are sister, Jewel Laday of San Francisco, CA; sister, Willie "B.B." Gordon of Houston, TX; brother, Rev. Booker T. Simmons, Jr. (Joyce) of Lufkin, TX; sister, Alice Moore of Texarkana, TX; special great-niece, Lexus M. Williams of Houston, TX; special devoted son and daughter, Rev. Willie and Joyce Parker of Beaumont, TX; several nieces, nephews, many cousins and friends.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Gabriel Funeral Home Chapel, 2500 Procter Street, Port Arthur, TX with visitation from 1 p.m. until service time. Burial will be at Houston National Cemetery.
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Tammy Wilkerson
June 15, 2020
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
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Chrishanda Guidry-Taylor
June 14, 2020
Sis. Samuel you will be missed and loved ❤. Now you can rest no pain. Sweet lady I have ever meet at Ebenezer Baptist Church you treated us as if we were your kids and grandkids. Until meet again. Will keep your family in prayers.
Patsy Johnson Curtis
June 14, 2020
As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.
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