Doris Fleming (Tulia)

Tulia, Texas— Doris Jackson Fleming, 91, died Friday, November 29, 2013 in Amarillo. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Monday, December 2, 2013 in the First Baptist Church of Tulia with Rev. Charles Davenport and Rev. Jason Stone, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Tulia. A visitation will be held on Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the funeral home. Doris was born January 17, 1922 in Gatesville, Texas to Sam Patrick and Pearl Odell Jackson. She grew up in Gatesville. She married Alvin D. Fleming on August 31, 1945 in Gatesville. They moved to Vigo Park in the late 1940’s and farmed and later moved into Tulia. She was a housewife and a member of First Baptist Church in Tulia. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, four brothers: Ernest Jackson, Carl Jackson, Hy Jackson and James Jackson, two sisters: Gladys Britian and Bobbie Pittari. She is survived by two daughters: Deborah Vestal and husband Burt of Amarillo and Wanda Albert of Amarillo, one sister: Opal McCarley of Happy, two sisters-in-law: Florene Dorsey of Gatesville and Waldene Jackson of Tulia, one grandson: Adam Tuey and wife Cassi of Amarillo and four great granddaughters. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Tulia, Wayland Baptist University or a favorite charity.