Monday, May 4, 2009

DORIS JEAN POPE

DORIS JEAN (SASNETT) POPE, AGE 67, PASSED FROM THIS LIFE AND WAS WELCOMED INTO HEAVEN ON SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009 AT HER HOME IN LEFLORE, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AFTER A LONG HARD FOUGHT BATTLE WITH CANCER. DORIS WAS BORN TO ED AND SCOTTIE SASNETT, ON JULY 12, 1941, IN THE GREEN VALLEY AREA JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF LEFLORE. SHE ATTENDED LEFLORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WAS A GRADUATE OF LEFLORE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959. SHE RECEIVED HER COSMETOLOGY LICENSE THROUGH THE TALIHINA BEAUTY COLLEGE AND OPENED DORIS’ BEAUTY SHOP IN THE EARLY 70’S IN LEFLORE. DORIS WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE LATIMER COUNTY HOSPITAL IN WILBURTON AND COUNTRY BOY FURNITURE IN POTEAU. DORIS AND JOHNNY RAY ALSO OWNED POPE’S FEED STORE AND RANCH SUPPLY IN TALIHINA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IN 1990 SHE BUILT DJ’S HANDY STOP IN LEFLORE AND ENJOYED WORKING IN HER STORE AND BEAUTY SHOP. LATER DORIS AND HER HUSBAND BUILT POPE’S FARM AND RANCH SUPPLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM DJ’S HANDY STOP. IN THE LEFLORE COMMUNITY DORIS’ STORE WAS THE PLACE TO GET A COLD POP, EAT A SANDWICH AND CATCH UP ON ALL THE NEWS AROUND LEFLORE. DORIS ALSO WORKED HARD TO HELP JOHNNY RAY ON THEIR RANCH WEST OF LEFLORE. AUNT DORIS LOVED ERIC AND RONNIE WHO LIVED WITH HER AND UNCLE JOHNNY IN LEFLORE AND THEY GRADUATED FROM LEFLORE HIGH SCHOOL DORIS MARRIED JOHNNY RAY POPE ON DECEMBER 20, 1959 IN LEFLORE. THEY HAD CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST DECEMBER 20, 2008. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY WAS HOSTED BY HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. A DAY THAT DORIS ENJOYED SEEING AND VISITING WITH MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DORIS ENJOYED HAVING FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS AT HER HOME AND COOKING FOR HER FAMILY. FISH FRYS, BBQ COOKOUTS, AND QUAIL BREAKFASTS WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS WERE JUST SOME OF THE EVENTS AT HER HOME. SHE MADE THE BEST JAR PICKLES IN THE SUMMER AND WOULD DIVIDE THEM OUT BECAUSE SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WANTED JARS OF THOSE PICKLES. DORIS WAS FAMOUS FOR HER CHICKEN-N-DUMPLINGS, CORNBREAD DRESSING AND HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS. DORIS ENJOYED TAKING HER FAMILY OUT TO EAT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS, BUT WE KNEW IT WOULD ONLY BE CATFISH COVE IN FORT SMITH OR GIA COMO’S IN MCALESTER. SHE ENJOYED ATTENDING LEFLORE SAVAGE AND LADY SAVAGE BASKETBALL GAMES. AND HAD BEEN KNOWN TO YELL OUT TO ADVISE THE REFEREE HE HAD MADE A BAD CALL AGAINST ERIC, RONNIE, CODY OR MISTY. SHE WOULD BE DELIGHTED WHEN PEOPLE WOULD TELL HER WHAT A GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER SHE WAS WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ENJOYED GOING TO BRANSON AT CHRISTMAS TO SHOP AND SEE THE LIGHTS, GOING TO ROBBERS CAVE FALL FESTIVAL AND THE AFFAIR OF THE HEART ART AND CRAFT SHOW IN TULSA. DORIS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE KIAMICHI AREA NUTRITION PROGRAM AND SERVED AS TRUSTEE OF THE FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF LEFLORE, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY HER MOTHER SCOTTIE SASNETT. DORIS ENJOYED HELPING SUE MINGS AT THE ANNUAL ALUMNI BANQUET EVERY MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND AT LEFLORE SCHOOL. DORIS WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS AND A BROTHER, JAMES “DUB” SASNETT; HER HUSBAND’S PARENTS, JOHN VERNON AND RUTH POPE. PALLBEARERS WILL BE JAMES SASNETT & EDDY WAYNE SASNETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK ; MICHAEL KERWIN OF WOODBRIDGE, VA, JIM WAITS, SAM WARD, AND LARRY MCALESTER, ALL OF LEFLORE, OK ; HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE THE LEFLORE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1959 AND COACH/CLASS SPONSOR, NADINE CARPENTER. DORIS IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHNNY RAY: DAUGHTER, RENEE AND HUSBAND LES JOHNSON OF LEFLORE, OK; SON, WAYNE & WIFE REGINA POPE OF LEFLORE, OK, GRANDCHILDREN, JOSH POPE, CODY JOHNSON, KAYLA POPE, MISTY JOHNSON, JOHNNY PAUL JOHNSON & MAKENZIE POPE ALL OF LEFLORE, OK; GREAT GRANDCHILD, LEXIE JOHNSON; SISTERS, MELBA “LOIS” McFERRAN OF TULSA, OK, JANE CARTER & HUSBAND KENNY OF CONCORD, CA GENEVA BELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; BROTHER, MARVIN SASNETT AND WIFE JOYCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, HALF BROTHERS, EDDY WAYNE SASNETT & HARLEY SASNETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY,OK; DALE SASNETT OF McALESTER, OK; AUNTS, LAVADA HAMNER OF TULSA, OK BETTY DIXON, LEFLORE, OK, SPECIAL GREAT NEPHEWS ERIC JERNIGAN AND WIFE CYNDI OF BROKEN ARROW, OK, RONNIE HENDERSON & WIFE CATHLEEN OF JENKS, OK; SPECIAL BEST FRIEND AND SISTER IN HEART, JEWEL LEFLORE OF LEFLORE; BEST FRIEND, SUE MINGS OF LEFLORE Other COUSINS, SPECIAL NIECES & NEPHEWS; OTHER Relatives & Loved Ones; A Host of Beloved Friends Services 10 am Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at LeFlore Baptist Church in LeFlore, OK with Rev. Ron Bss & Rev. Ed Sasnett officiating. Interment following in LeFlore Cemetery.

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  1. We will miss you so much and never forget you .Leflore is not the same without you. Richard & Stephanie Ingle

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