Doris Jenell Jarrett

Doris Spencer Jarrett, age 92 of Casters Branch Road, Eatonton, Georgia passed away peacefully at her residence, surrounded by her family on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

Born in Madison, South Carolina to Ray and Virginia Spencer on August 22, 1933, Doris Jenell Spencer was the second born of seven children. She was raised on the family farm and was introduced to hard work at an early age. There she helped with the care of her siblings and worked the fields and cared for the livestock until graduating Cleveland High School in 1951, where she was the class valedictorian.

She married James (Jimmy) Walter Jarrett of Toccoa in 1952 and after Jimmy served 3 years in the United States Army, he gained employment with Georgia Power Company. After the birth of their sons, Jimmy (1962) and Donald (1964), they moved to Eatonton, Georgia and their youngest son, Walter was born (1971). She and Jimmy were married for 69 years and would spend the rest of their lives in their home in Putnam County on Lake Sinclair.

Doris was a woman of strong Christian faith, well-known in the Eatonton/Putnam County community where she stayed active in the First Presbyterian Church of Eatonton and was involved with the support and startup of Gatewood Schools and many school functions and activities throughout all the years her three sons and four of her seven grandchildren attended there.

She spent summers tending the large gardens and suppers always consisted of a variety of vegetables from them. She always canned enough to last until next summer as well. Blackberries were another summertime favorite, and she would always take advantage of these, picking 48 quarts one summer. A cobbler or two and countless jars of Blackberry Jelly was the norm.

Anyone who ever sat at her table was aware of her skills in the kitchen and if anyone left hungry, it was their own fault. Her baking was as good as it gets and, while many people had a favorite of something she made, her children and grandchildren, and anyone else lucky enough to have ever had it would claim her chocolate layer cake to be the best, hands down. She was still churning those out as recently as this past December at 92 years old.

Quilting, which she learned from her mother (Granny) and knitting and crocheting, learned from her mother-in-law (Mammy) were things she enjoyed doing and excelled at. She also had a knack for creating things with natural materials from the property she lived on such as corn shuck dolls and Christmas wreaths to name a couple.

She was the epitome of a homemaker, and it is what she loved to do. Nothing made her happier than being surrounded by her family and her heart was happiest when giving something to someone, especially when it was something she had made. Her greatest gift to all was love, and that was evident to her husband, her children, her grandchildren, her great grandchildren and all of those she called friend.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Donald Jarrett (Donna Price) of Eatonton, Jimmy Jarrett (Wendi) of Monroe and Walter Jarrett (Lori) of Eatonton; grandchildren, Devereaux and Randi Jarrett, Andrew and Anna Jarrett, Jessica and Nick Bryant, Sarah and Connor Newton, Makanna Jarrett, Walt Jarrett, Joe Jarrett and Case Price; great-grandchildren, Hudson, Harrison and Evelyn; sister, Bonnie Smith of Toccoa; sister-in-law, Fran Jarrett of Toccoa.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Jarrett, her siblings, James Claude Spencer, Queena Marcengill, Muriel Cleland, Elizabeth Stowe and Betty Jean Litaker; brothers-in-law, Frank Litaker, Tyrus Smith and Gary Jarrett.

Graveside services will be held Monday, February 23, 2026, 2 p.m. at Tugaloo Presbyterian Church Cemetery with The Reverend Bill Kitchen officiating. Sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Edgar Williamson and Louis Sizer will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Monday from noon until 1:30 p.m. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

The family will appreciate flowers from those that wish to send them, but for those who would like a different tribute, the family has set up a Tree Memorial in honor of Doris Spencer Jarrett. Any donation made to this memorial fund will go directly to tree planting on the Jarrett property in Putnam County in her honor as a lasting tribute for future generations. Donations for the Tree Memorial may be made by PayPal and sent to: merriams_2000@yahoo.com; Or by check made out to Donald D. Jarrett and mailed to Donald D. Jarrett, 866 Dennis Station Road, Eatonton, Georgia 31024. Please include "Tree Memorial" on the note section on PayPal or on check memo.

Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements for Doris Jenell Spencer Jarrett.