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Rebecca K.
Doley
Jan 7, 1948 — Oct 8, 2024
Wichita Falls
Rebecca K. Doley, 76, of Wichita Falls, passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Memorial services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 10th at St. Mark's Global Methodist Church with Rev. Al Easterling officiating. An additional service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 12th at Billy M. King Colonial Funeral Home in Collins, Mississippi, with Jeff Walker officiating. An interment will take place immediately following the service at Kelly Cemetery in Seminary, Mississippi. A visitation will be held for the family prior to the service at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 12th at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home of Wichita Falls and Billy M. King Colonial Chapel of Collins, Mississippi.
A daughter of the late Lillian Gilette (Fowlkes) and Willie Elzey Kelly, Rebecca was born on January 7, 1948, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After high school, she attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where she received her degree in education. She taught in Jacksonville, Florida and Pasadena, Texas. She married Robert Doley Jr. on April 11, 1976, in Collins, Mississippi. Together they had two sons, Robert and Kelly. She was a stay at home mom and room mom extraordinaire while the boys were young. She then went back to teaching and spent 20 years impacting many students' lives through her teaching Kindergarten at Asbury Methodist Day School. She was affectionately known as Mrs. Doley to over 200 students that came through Kinder Neverland. She loved crafting and playing Bunco with her friends. She was also known as Grandma to her four grandsons: Noah, Eli, Clive, and Clay who loved her dearly.
Along with her parents, Rebecca is also preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Roger Storer.
She is survived by her husband of 48 1/2 years, Robert Doley; son Robert Doley III, and wife Kelli of Wichita Falls, Texas; son Kelly Doley, and wife Shelly of Sugar Grove, Virginia; sister in law, Lark Doley, of Jonestown, Texas; and four grandsons, Noah and Eli Doley of Wichita Falls, Texas and Clive and Clay Doley of Sugar Grove, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Child Evangelism Fellowship at https://www.cefonline.com/ or St. Mark's Global Methodist Church at 4319 McNiel Ave., Wichita Falls, Texas 76308.
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St. Mark's Global Methodist Church
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Billy M. King Colonial Funeral Home
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Billy M. King Colonial Funeral Home
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