Doris Elaine Fulks

August 27, 1931 - July 16, 2021

Doris passed away Friday, July 16, 2021, in Altamonte Springs, FL. She was born August 27, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, to Ellis Edward and Mary Oczkowski Harmon. She is preceded in death by her parents and a great grandson, Matthew Hunter Ritchie. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, William Bill, a sister, Thelma Griffin, a daughter, Wanda Jean Ritchie, a son, Michael, four grandchildren, Christopher Fulks Jessie, Amanda Bashaw Nic, Matthew Ritchie Emma, and Holland Ritchie. She is also survived by four great grandchildren, Casey Fulks, Cadence Fulks, Carter Fulks, and Jackson Bashaw. She graduated from Wells High School in Chicago in 1949, and received a BA from Harding College now University in 1953. While a student at Harding she worked in the Student Center. She married a fellow student, William Bill Fulks at the end of their junior years. She spent most of her life as a homemaker. She was a volunteer at the Lee's Summit, MO, Elementary School. She also worked for a candy factory in Chicago and in her parents' radio store and later in the grocery store in Chicago, and the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Huntington, WV. She taught school at Pangburn, AR and retired from the Jones Store in Kansas City in 1994. She was baptized into Christ by Andy T. Ritchie while a student at Harding and has been a faithful Christian. She was a Bible class teacher for many years. She was a member of the Plymouth church of Christ. In 2008, they established the William and Doris Fulks Distinguished Chair of the College of Bible and Religion at Harding University. The Fulks Chair became active in 2015 and will continue to serve the faculty, staff, and students for years to come. She has been a loyal wife, a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her life has blessed many people in many areas, having lived in seven different states. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, WV is in charge of arrangements. A family viewing will be at the mortuary Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 1:00 followed by a graveside service at 2:00 conducted by Dan Campbell of Harding University and Internment at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Barboursville, WV.