Doris Blew

Doris Fenton Blew, 93, of Oklahoma City, OK, passed away after a brief illness on August 20, 2022. Because of her strong faith and personal relationship with Jesus Christ, we know she woke up in His arms.

Dot, as she was always known, was born in French Camp, Mississippi, to H.G. Fenton and Lyl Thompson Fenton on January 17, 1929. She went to school in Rolling Fork, MS, was active in music and sports, and graduated when she was just 16. Because of her young age, her parents required her to go to an all-girls’ school, Belhaven College, in Jackson, MS. For her junior year, she was allowed to transfer to Southwestern at Memphis, a small co-ed Presbyterian college in Memphis, TN. After graduation with a piano major, she moved to Shaw, MS, where she taught piano. Soon she became a civilian dispatcher at the USAF primary pilot training base in Greenville, MS, where she met the love of her life, William B. Blew, Jr. They married on March 29, 1952. They had three children and a wonderful marriage until Bill passed away unexpectedly on December 9, 1992. She became grandmother and grandfather for the rest of her life.

She was a 20-year member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa and from 2009 until her death, a faithful member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in OKC, even to attending the service the Sunday before she passed. She also belonged to PEO and volunteered in many settings.

Dot was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, John Young Fenton, her husband, her son David Fenton Blew, and her grandson, Samuel McClain Blew. She is survived by her son Bill Blew and wife Lori; her daughter Marian Roberson and husband Todd; her grandchildren Bryan Blew, wife Jennifer, and children Mia, William, Elliot, and Carys; her granddaughter Molly Blew, wife Stacy, and children Jones and Evan; her grandson Fenton Blew, wife Melissa, and children Makenzie, Keira, and Lincoln; her granddaughter Whitney Blew and son Jack; her granddaughter Katie Edmiston, husband Kyle, and daughter Quinlan; grandson David Roberson; sister-in-law Julia Fenton and nephew Kyle Fenton; and former daughter-in-law Julie Slentz Blew.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Chapel Hill United Methodist Church or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, which she loved for their wonderful care of her great-grandson Sam.

Dot was a woman who was beloved by all who met her and the strongest prayer warrior we have ever known. We will miss you, Mom/Dom, but rejoice that you have finished your race and won the prize.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Interment will follow at Cherokee Cemetery, Cherokee, Oklahoma.