Donya Fulcher, 86, passed away on May 4, 2021 in Baytown, Texas. She was born Donya Lea Harris to MC and Erma Sorrels Harris in Abbott, Arkansas on November 25, 1934. The family moved to Baytown when Donya was eight years old, and she always said that she felt that she had died and gone to Heaven when they got here. Erma and Donya located the Nazarene Church the first week they were in Baytown, and became committed members. Donya started at San Jacinto Elementary in the third grade and made life-long friendships there. She also attended Baytown Elementary, Baytown Junior High, Robert E. Lee, and was a member of the famous Lee Brigadiers and the Great Class of ’53 Lee College, and Lamar University where she graduated in 1969. She had a variety of jobs: First National Bank, Brown & Root, Humble, back to college, Humble/ Exxon, GBI, and Lee College. She loved the classroom at Lee College and enjoyed seeing former students.
Donya married her high-school sweetheart, Buford Fulcher in January 1957 after he returned from serving three years in the Army. Their lives revolved around their church. Missions were their passion and they went to Trinidad, the Azores, Portugal, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Rome on Work & Witness trips. There is a church in Venezuela in Buford’s memory. Donya loved her Sunday school class and counted her fellow church members as her family.
She was a long-time member of Beta Sigma Pi and cherished friendships were made in the chapters.
Donya always felt that of all the blessings God gave her, the friendships down through the years were the crowning ones. She enjoyed e-mailing cousins, former pastors and friends, and hearing from them.
MC and Erma died in 1989 and Buford died 2002. Donya leaves behind her “Friends of her Heart” who know who they are.
A visitation will be held at Baytown First Church of the Nazarene, 2409 N. Main St. ,Baytown, TX 77520 on Monday, May 10, 2021 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, with funeral service to begin at 11:00 am. Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memories of Donya may be shared at www.navarrefuneralhome.com
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