Doris Friend

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Friday, November 26, 2010, at First Christian Church with Rev. Jeff Knighton, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Lucy Doris Poindexter Friend was born July 9, 1922, the youngest child of Pearl and Roy Poindexter of Pennsboro, Missouri, a small farming community west of Springfield, Missouri. Her father died shortly after she was born, leaving Pearl and the children, Roy Ellen, Dorothy, Josephine, Rosaline, Tom and Doris.Doris grew up in the Pennsboro Church, which was co-founded by her mother, Pearl Poindexter. She graduated from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. She married WWII veteran Stanford Friend of Greenfield, Missouri, on February 18, 1950 in Pennsboro, and moved to Pampa in 1951. She received her Masters in education from West Texas State University in 1975. Stan and Doris farmed their land east of Pampa, and Doris served as a special education teacher in the Pampa School District for 30 years, ending in 1992. Through her work, she lifted up countless young people who otherwise would have been left behind. She served on the board of the Texas Mental Health Mental Retardation Agency for several years. Doris was active in the First Christian Church of Pampa most of her life. She and her husband were instrumental in the Sunday morning worship service held at the Coronado Nursing Home of Pampa for more than 20 years. Before then, she was active in the United Church Women, and taught Sunday school in the youth program.All her life, she devoted herself to God, her family, and service to her brothers and sisters. She always said, "accentuate the positive," and left the world in better shape than she found it.She is survived by her husband: Stanford Friend of the home; her children: Stan Friend and Lisa Craig, both of Coppell, Willa Cassaday of Fort Worth, and Mark Friend of Pampa; grandchildren: Daniel Thompson, Laura Thompson, Stephen Thompson and Shauna Friend. Doris was preceded in death by her parents; sisters: Roy Ellen Poindexter, Dorothy Poindexter and Josephine Walters of the childhood home; and brother: Tom Poindexter of Santa Barbara, California. MEMORIALS: to a favorite charity.