She was born June 19, 1939 in Gaston County. Doris studied banking and financing at Gaston College and has been retired 30 years from the banking industry. After retiring, she taught knitting classes at Hobby Lobby in Gastonia.
She was married twice, presently 31 years to Charles L. Jenkins and first to the late W. Darrell Burgess.
She is preceded in death by her parents and step son, Craig Jenkins of Kentucky.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children, W. Darrell Burgess, Jr. (Cindi) of Silver Springs, FL, Donna Edwards (Butch) of Dallas, NC, Michelle Banik (Rudy) of Denver, NC and Sonja Burgess of Dallas, NC; 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
A visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Carothers Funeral Home in Dallas with a Celebration of Life service to begin at 1:00 pm. Pastor Jonathan Pugh of Venture Church will be presiding.
Condolences may be offered online at www.carothersfuneralhomedallas.com.
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