Doris Irene Mailey was born July 23,1932 in Embry Mississippi, to John Leslie Coffey and Julia Celeste Calhoun-Coffey. At an early age, the family packed up the ten children and moved to Hayti MO, where she grew up and attended high school. After graduating from high school Doris and some of her siblings moved to Chicago IL, where she met her husband Bether John Mailey. They were married on March 7th, 1955 and had seven children. In 1970 Doris and Bether moved to South Bend, IN where she worked as a nurse’s aide until her retirement. In 1992 they moved to Washington State where she continued to live until her death on April 4th, 2022.

Preceding Doris in death are six sisters and a brother her husband Bether J. Mailey and daughter Ocealess A. Mailey.

Her surviving family members are her brother James Coffey and sister Addie Carroll, her six children, Dillard Mailey, John(Johnna) Mailey, Keith L.(Sheryl) Mailey, Avis D. Mailey, Zandra L. Mailey and Sherry L. Taylor. There are eight grandchildren, five grandsons Tyree Mailey, Civias Taylor, Chaz Mailey, Davon Mailey, Tre’ Mailey, and three granddaughters, Marissa Mailey, Akilah Powell, and Jone’ Fisher, and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Doris will be remembered as a loving caring beacon of light to everyone that met her, she will be missed.

Her Journey’s Just Begun

Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey’s just begun

Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one.

Just think of her as resting from the sorrows and the tears.

In a place of warmth and comfort where there are no days or years.

Think how she must be wishing that we could know today

How nothing but our sadness, can really pass away.

And think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched

For nothing loved is ever lost and she was loved so much.

Matthew 11:28-30

{28} Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

{29} Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

{30} For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Thessalonians 4:13-14

{13} Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

{14} For we believe that Jesus died and rose again we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.