Eric "Doc" Dean Warren

Eric Dean “Doc” Warren was born November 22, 1988, to William Burris and Donna Beth Nichols. He was a resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma, but was stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. He was deployed to Afghanistan in January 2012 for his third tour of duty where he made the ultimate sacrifice on May 26, 2012.

When Eric was eleven years old, his mother married Marvin Warren Jr., who subsequently adopted him. He attended school at Dale, Grove, Shawnee, and graduated from McLoud High School in 2008.

As a child, he was active in Cub Scouts, numerous little league sports, and earned his black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Later he was active in his church youth group, football, wrestling, and drama.

Eric enlisted in the U.S. Navy, graduated from corpsman school, completed Fleet Marine Force training as a combat corpsman, and he was henceforth considered a marine. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, 1st Marine Division (Forward), 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

Eric was preceded in death by his great grandma and grandpa Starkey, uncle James Burris, and his precious granny Sebena Burris. He is survived by his mother and father Donna and Marvin Warren, Jr.; his birth father, William and his wife Patti, sister Paris, brothers Chance Houston and Torn Burris; maternal grandmother Carole Nichols, maternal grandfather Senior Chief W.D. Nichols USN (Ret.) and wife Paulette, aunt Lori Nichols, uncle Darin Nichols, his wife Terra and son Kai; grandparents Yuvone and Charles Eoff, Marvin, Sr. and Libbey Warren; his aunt Michelle and husband Jeff Edmonson, his uncles Melvin Burris and Philip Burris and his wife Paula; and numerous cousins, family, and friends who all grieve his absence.

Visitation will be held at Resthaven Funeral Home in Shawnee. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Downtown Pentecostal Church, 518 East 7th, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park, Shawnee. Services are under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home. For more information on the services for Eric, please visit our website resthavenfh.com.

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