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DORIS JEAN DAVIS STOVALL Doris Jean Davis Stovall, 82, Elizabethtown MorningView Gardens Assisted Living, formerly of Vine Grove, died Sept. 3, 2007, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She was a graduate of Vine Grove High School and the Kentucky Baptist School of Nursing Class of 1946. She began her career as a public health nurse before finding her calling as “Vine Grove’s Nurse,” spending 43 and 1/2 years with Dr. Edward K. Hand. She spent her life helping others as a Girl Scout leader, volunteer reading tutor and member and past president of the Vine Grove Woman’s Club. She was a member of Valley View Baptist Church, MorningView Gardens Circle of Friends, Kentucky Association of Nursing, a 50-year member of Fort Knox Order of Eastern Star Chapter #439, Radcliff, and a Hardin County Schools Distinguished Alumni. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, James M. “Jimmie” Stovall; her parents, Lawrence and Nannie Davis; and a very special friend, Doris Jean Patterson. Mrs. Stovall is survived by two daughters, Patti Stovall (Chris) Mayhew, and Nannette Stovall (Kenneth) Johnston; a sister, Betty Sue Davis (Larry) French; and four grandchildren, Brennen Mayhew, Lexington, Kyle Johnston, Gainesville, Fla., Ashton Johnston, Lexington, and Brittany Mayhew, Vine Grove. Funeral services were held Sept. 6 from the Valley View Baptist Church, Vine Grove, with Rev. K. Christian Burton officiating. Burial was in North Hardin Memorial Gardens, Radcliff, directed by Coffey & Chism Funeral Home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Camp Bravehearts in honor of Doris’ granddaughter, Brittany Mayhew. The camp is for children with heart defects or disease (checks payable to Kentucky Rainbow Girls for Camp Bravehearts, GWA 2007-08 Service Project c/o Kimberly Shumate, 120 Dunaway Lane, Radcliff, KY 40160) ; Valley View Baptist Church building fund; or the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society.
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