Doris Alene McBride

Doris Alene McBride, 87, formerly of Gravette, Ark., passed from this earth to Glory on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Springdale after a long illness. Doris was born Aug. 5, 1927, in Farmington, Ark., to Elma Herbert Daniel and Beulah Effie (Starnes) Daniel. Doris was a faithful member of First Assembly of God Church in Gravette for many years. She especially enjoyed participating in the women's ministry programs. Doris worked all her life to support her family. After retiring, she enjoyed playing cards with the other retirees at the Billy V. Hall Senior Center in Gravette. She also volunteered countless hours as a labor of love to make baby caps for the newborn babies at Northwest Medical Center Hospital and Mercy Hospital. Doris moved to Lowell, Ark., a few years ago to be closer to family. Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil T. McBride; her parents; and two brothers, Eulus "Gene" Daniel and Dean Daniel. Doris is survived by her sister, Martha Taylor and husband, Jackie, RVers who make their home in Branson, Mo., and Florida (depending on the weather); 10 children, Dorothy Coffey and husband, Don, of Abilene, Texas, Gene Gooding of Apache Junction, Ariz., Thanna Cline and husband, Don, of Jones, Okla., Judy Amos of Seminole, Okla., Barbara Orten and husband, Lonnie, also RVers who make their home in Gravette, Ark., and Arizona (depending on the weather), Marie Edwards and husband, John, of Van Buren, Ark., Teresa Zimmerman and husband, Charles, of Bentonville, Ark., Terri Shields and husband, Bill, of Lowell, Ark., Jim Petty and wife, Sandra, of Gravette, Ark., Ted Petty and wife, Rhonda, of Bentonville, Ark.; two stepchildren who adopted Doris when she and their father married, David McBride and wife, Jerri, of Hope, Kan., and Elaine Collins and husband, Larry, of Skiatook, Okla.; 20 grandchildren; many great- and great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at First Assembly of God in Gravette. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at First Assembly of God. Brother Jack Deaton will be officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, east of Gravette. Arrangements have been entrusted to Westfield Chapel Funeral Home, Springdale, Ark. Please share your fond thoughts and memories of Doris on her memorial at www.WestfieldChapel.com.