Doris Lee Barrett

Doris Lee Barrett obituary, Prague, OK

Doris Lee Barrett

Doris Barrett Obituary

Visit the Parks Brothers Funeral Service - Prague Chapel website to view the full obituary.

Doris Lee (Jones) Barrett, of Prague, Oklahoma, was born on March 3, 1930 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Walter and Ella Liddie (Parsons) Jones. She was the youngest of twelve children. Doris was a 1948 graduate of Paden High School. Following high school, she attended the Mission Hill School of Nursing and graduated in 1950. Upon graduation, she worked as a nurse for Mission Hill Hospital, Prague Hospital and Seminole Hospital for fifteen years. She then worked as an office nurse for Doctors Wood and Davis for 20 years and retired in 1992.

On December 17, 1949, Doris married Wayne Barrett and were married until he preceded her in death in 1993. She later married Bruce Huff in 1995 and the two were married until his passing on June 1, 2017. Doris enjoyed traveling, gardening and outdoor living. She loved her farm and considered it “her little piece of heaven.” Doris was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wayne Barrett; her second husband, Bruce Huff; two granddaughters, Sherri Rene Barrett and Kristi Marie Barrett; her great-grandson, Jake and eight sisters and three brothers.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Gary Barrett and his wife, Lupe; her daughter, Rowena Parker and her husband, John; granddaughters, Summer Ackerman and her husband, Rodney and Chelsea Lechner and her husband, Jason; her great-grandchildren, Riley Rain and Ember Sky and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her honor to the charity of your choice.

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