Doris Jenkins Horton

HAHIRA — Doris Jenkins Horton, 77, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, in Hahira. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at Beulah Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla. with burial to follow in Bealsville Cemetery in Bealsville, Fla. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at Wilson’s Funeral Home in Tampa, Fla.

She was born on Feb. 29, 1928, to Lawyer Jenkins and Margaret Moore and lived most of her life in Manatee and Hillsborough Counties. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1945, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1949 with a BA in education, Rutgers University in 1964 with a masters of education degree and did postgraduate study at Virginia State University in 1965. She retired from the Manatee County school system after 36 years as an educator. She was a member of Beulah Baptist Church of Tampa, Fla.

She was a lifetime member of the NAACP and National Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Alumni Association. She also was a member of the Manatee Retired Educators Association, National Council of Negro Women and the Bucnos Amigos Club. She was an honorary Guardsman.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Sam James Horton of Tampa, Fla.; one daughter and son-in- law, Sheila D. Warren and Exley of Hahira; one son and daughter-in-law, Dwayne Clifton Horton and Wanda of Orlando, Fla.; one sister and brother-in-law, Lila E. Wasson and Robert Sr. of Bedford, Mass.; five grandchildren Exley Warren, Jr., Michael Warren, Clifton Horton, Jason Horton and Erin Horton; four nephews, Alvin McKinney (Joyce), Theodore Jenkins Jr., and David Jenkins, and Robert Wasson Jr.; three nieces, Sandra Wasson Brown, Kathy Wasson and Margaret Jenkins; and one special Christian friend, Oretha Wright.

Those wishing to make donations in lieu of flowers may make donations to the United Hospice Foundation, 101 Northside Drive-Building C, Valdosta, Georgia 31602, the American Cancer Society or the Hillsborough Branch of the NAACP. — Scott And Roberts Mortuary.