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Doris June Major Obituary March-2007

Doris June Major Obituary March-2007

Posted: 21 Mar 2007 5:38PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Major, Smith
Doris June Major, 79, retired in North Carolina after serving her adult life as a staff member at Mount Carmel High School in Vancleve, KY. She passed away at WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, NC on Thursday, March 1, 2007. Her death was unexpected result of a fall in her home on the previous day.
She was born on June 26, 1927, in Colbert, GA, to the late Sidney and Ethel Smith. She graduated from Mount Carmel High School in May 1947 and the Kentucky Mountain Bible College in May 1950. Following her graduation she was united in marriage to James Paul Major on June 2, 1950, together they served the Lord in the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association. They also were blessed as they raised four children in a loving Christian home. After the early death of her beloved husband in 1978 she joyfully continued productive work at Mount Carmel. Along with her daughter-in-law Zona and the rest of her family she was again saddened by the sudden loss of her second son Timothy in 1987. Failing health forced her retirement from her life’s work in March 2001. She moved to North Carolina to live with her oldest son for her remaining years, and even with a body that was failing, she continued to the end with a keen mind. She was ever thinking of her family and praying for and dreaming of her home, friends and work which she missed so much in Kentucky.
Doris is survived by three of her four children, the oldest daughter Darlene Waldron of Syracuse, NY; her son Samuel and his wife Alice of Apex, NC; and her daughter Esther Mishoe and her husband Arthur of Aipharetta, GA; four grandchildren Stephen Waldron, Christian Major, Tima Major and Alison Gilbert; two sisters Sue Bromirski of Bristol, CT; Barbara Davidson of Chesterfield, SC and one brother Grady Smith of Kannapolis, NC. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.
In addition to her parents and her beloved husband Paul she is preceded in death by her second son Timothy, two sisters: Sidney and Betty and two brothers Bill and Hugh.
The funeral services for Doris June Major were held Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at the Mount Carmel High School Auditorium. The Rev. Robert Cundiff, pastor and friend officiated. Doris was buried at the Lawson Cemetery beside her husband and son.
In lieu of flowers, a gift in memory of her life work can be made to Mount Carmel High School, P.O. Box 2, Vancleve, KY. 41385. Breathitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Note: I do not know this person, just posting obituary.
The Jackson Times, March 8, 2007.

Re: Doris June Major Obituary March-2007

Posted: 27 Jun 2015 3:45AM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Major
Thanks for posting. One minor correction: the third grandchild listed should be Tina Major.
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