Doris Williams "Kitty" Buckner

Doris "Kitty" Williams Buckner -MACON, GA - Doris "Kitty" Williams Buckner, 81, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009, in Macon, GA after an extended illness. A homegoing service in celebration of Kitty's life will be held Saturday at 3P.M. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park, 3969 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA, with Rev. Shane Green, Rev. Mark Atkinson and Leonard Grace officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot of Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Active pallbearers are Lewis Durden, Jarrod Durden, Pat Patterson, Rick Goodman, Mark Coker, Tony Heath, and Ryan Pendergast. Honorary pallbearers are her special friends from Pinegate Retirement Residence. -The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral and may be contacted at 211 Pinnacle Court, Macon, GA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Heartland Hospice, 115 Arkwright Landing, Macon, GA 31210 or Save a Pet, Inc., P.O. Box 408, Bolingbroke, GA 31004. -Kitty was a native of Murphysboro, IL and was born December 4, 1927, to the late Elmer and Emma Williams. As a young woman, she married Raybun Davis, and they settled in Macon, GA, where they established their family. Kitty, as she was known, served her community as a Physician's Assistant for 30 years, working under the expert hands of Dr. Charles Magnan for 25 years at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. More importantly, Kitty served her Lord and Savior for more than 60 years and was a faithful member of the Grace Bible Sunday School Class at Forest Hills Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Raybun Davis, and her second husband, Earl L. Buckner. -Kitty will be lovingly remembered by one son, Phillip Davis (Brenda), and two daughters, Sue Durden (Lewis) and Claudia Patterson (Pat), all of Macon, GA; one sister, Dorothy Hahn of Murphysboro, IL; six grandchildren, Mitzi Heath (Tony), Jarrod Durden (Shannon), Rick Goodman, Shannon Pendergast (Ryan), Paige Coker (Mark), and Michael Davis (Chrissy); 14 great-grandchildren, one nephew, one niece, many treasured friends; and a special canine companion, Harley. -Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery has charge of the arrangements. Doris Buckner