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Doris Eileen
Bush
Sep 27, 1927 — Sep 25, 2024
Sand Springs
Doris Eileen (Bailey) Bush, 96 of Sand Springs went to her eternal home from St. John Medical Center, Tulsa with her family at her bedside.
Visitation will be held on Monday, September 30 from 1 pm to 8 pm, with the family receiving friends from 5 pm to 7 pm at Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service, Sand Springs.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday October 1, at 1 pm in the Olivet Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Woodland Memorial Park.
Doris was born on September 27, 1927, in Aberdeen, WA to Bert and Letha (Nicholson) Bailey.
She met the love of her life, Billy Ray Bush and were married on August 24, 1946, in Seattle, Washington. They moved to the Tulsa area in 1951. Doris and Billy had a mom-and-pop grocery store and meat market for several years. They were members of Glenwood Baptist Church until moving to Olivet Baptist Church, where they were very active, and Doris sang with the (PAC) Praise Age Choir.
As a family, they enjoyed travelling and camping with their six children. When the youngest children entered Jr High, Doris served as cashier for Central High School for several years.
She enjoyed crossword, crypto quote, and jigsaw puzzles, crocheting, playing cribbage and was an avid Tulsa Oilers Hockey fan, holding season tickets since 1992.
Those left to mourn her passing, are three sons, Theodore "Ted" (Suzanne) Billy Ray Jr. (Kathy), Larry (Tina); three daughters, Sandra Rae Broughton, Judy Eileen Jackson, Letha Leann Corbett; 13 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Billy Ray Bush, Sr. and two sisters.
Monday
Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service
1:00 - 8:00 pm
Monday
Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
Olivet Baptist Church
Starts at 1:00 pm
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