6/30/2023 0 Comments In Step by Nicole HigginbothamGentry Sr., and one sister Clara Mae Shiflett.ĭoris attended Osbourn Park High School and later taught as a substitute teacher which she enjoyed immensely.ĭoris was a loving and generous wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and a devoted family caretaker. In addition to her parents and step-father, she is preceded in death by three brothers, Carl L. Garcia, two grandsons that were her world, Michael “Scott” Bradley and Anthony “Shawn” Bradley, many loved nieces and nephews, cherished life long friends, Janet Sisk Thompson, Linda Horn Jackson, Sue Michaels Howell and the Hutchison brothers, Pete and Charlie. Doris is survived by her husband, Cecil, daughter, Melissa and “Special Girl” Nicole Breein Mai Pai of Alexandria. On April 24, 1966, she married Cecil Scott Higginbotham, and they had their one and only child, Melissa Dawn Higginbotham. She was the baby in the family, born on April 7th 1948 in Alexandria, VA, the daughter of Ashby Vernard Gentry and Atlas Josephine Thacker Gentry, and the step-daughter of Jack Richardson, all of whom preceeded her in death. Doris (affectionately known as “Dotsie”) of Luray, Virginia passed away at the age of 74 on Wednesday, Octoat Winchester Medical Center from lifelong chronic illnesses. How much more beautiful heaven must be since you arrived, Doris Elaine Gentry Higginbotham.
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