Individual Details

Death

Funeral services for Mrs. Doris C. Lea will be on Friday, December 28, 2018, at Brookhaven Funeral Home in (894 Natchez Drive) Brookhaven, MS at 11:00 AM with burial to follow in the Riverwood Family Cemetery in Brookhaven, MS. Bro. Bendon Ginn and Bro. Phil Turner will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will also be at Brookhaven Funeral Home on the same day from 9:00 AM until time of the service at 11:00 AM. Mrs. Lea, 87, of Brookhaven, MS, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on August 18, 1931 in Brookhaven, MS, to William Clyde Coker, Sr. and Inez Louise Furr Coker. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Preceding her in death were her parents; step-mother, Bessie Callender Coker; brother, William Clyde “Sonny” Coker; and sisters, Barbara Kay Coker, Ann Coker Harris, and Margie Coker Lea. Survivors are her husband of 66 years, Roland Lea; sons, Reggie Lea and wife Rita of Hazlehurst, MS and Todd Lea and wife Dana of Brookhaven, MS; daughters, Melinda Lea Calvert and husband Brian of Vicksburg, MS and Dwana Lea Wright and husband Ricky of Brookhaven, MS; grandchildren, Rosanna Lea, Laura Beth Wright, Coker Wright, Austin Lea, and Addison Lea, Madisyn Altman, and Phillip Crockett; and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends. The family would like to express their thanks and appreciation to Hospice Compassus, Ability Works, and the caregivers who provided compassion and care for her during her last 6 years. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Doris C. Lea’s name may be made to: Senior Adult Fund at Easthaven Baptist Church, P. O. Box 882, Brookhaven, MS 39602 or Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216.