Mable Faye Williams Dorris
5/10/2015

Mable Faye Williams Dorris, age 100, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 at her home in Water Valley, MS. She was born February 10, 1915 in Coffeeville, MS to the late James B. and Mary Alice Lantrip Williams. Mable was a member of Second Baptist Church of Water Valley, MS. She worked for many years at Rice Stix then later worked as a CNA at Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley. Mable was a devoted mother and grandmother, and was affectionately known by everyone as, “Mama Dorris”. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and working in her yard; raising dogs, cats, cows and animals of all kinds.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks with Bro. Phillip Cook and Bro. Bennie Turnage officiating. Burial will be in the Bethel Church Cemetery with Damon Dorris, Kevin Dorris, Bobby Dorris, Dylan Dorris, Stacy Dorris and Alex Dorris serving as pallbearers.

She is survived by her daughter, Anita Atkinson of Florence, MS; five sons, Buster (JoAnne) Dorris of Oxford, MS, Jimmy Dale (Betty) Dorris of Arlington, TN, Billy Joe (Jimmie Gay) Dorris of Oxford, MS, Tommy Lee (Betty) Dorris of Hartselle, AL and Jacky R. Dorris of Water Valley, MS; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and eleven great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gonnie Smith Dorris, Sr; two sisters, Myrtle Williamson and Lillie Hepburn; three brothers, Ray Williams, Odell Williams and Ralph Williams; and one grandson, Donald Craig Dorris.
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Seven Oaks Funeral Home
12760 Highway 32
P. O. Box 367
Water Valley, MS USA 38965
662-473-2363