Doris Waters Holland

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Date: Sep 30 2013 3:29 PM

Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory

2414 Hartford Highway

Dothan, Alabama 36305

334-792-4194

 

www.wardwilson.com

 

Doris Waters Holland

 

Doris Waters Holland died on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at her home.  She was 88.

 

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, October 3, 2013, at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel at Ward-Wilson Funeral Home with Dr. Jim Sanders officiating.  Burial will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery with Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

 

Doris Waters Holland is survived by her two sons, William R. Waters, Jr., of Panama City Beach, Florida, and David Anderson Waters of Dothan, Alabama.  She was preceded in death by her daughter Linda Waters Brown, of Prattville, Alabama.  She is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. 

 

Doris Waters Holland married Lt. William Robertson Waters at the outbreak of World War II.  Bill Waters was a pilot and flight instructor during the war.  Following World War II, Lt. Col. Waters was sent to Germany to serve as a U. S. Army Unit Commander.  Doris joined Bill in Germany with their two children, Linda and Billy.  After several years in Europe, the family returned to the United States. Bill Waters became the first Lincoln-Mercury automobile dealer in Dothan, Alabama, then a small town.  David Anderson Waters was born after the family returned to Dothan, Alabama, where Doris made her home for the rest of her life.  Doris enjoyed bridge and golf and she had many great friends in Dothan.  A great sorrow happened when Bill died suddenly at an early age with a heart attack.  With great sorrow, Doris managed the automobile dealership for several years after Bill’s death.  The dealership was later sold to W. D. Williams. 

 

Doris met James Burwell (Jack) Holland and they were married at the First United Methodist Church in Dothan.  Doris and Jack traveled extensively, frequently with Jackie and Peter McClennen of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  After many years of marriage, Jack Holland died.  Doris continued to live in Dothan with her son David until her death. 

 

Doris was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dothan, Alabama, the Tuesday Bridge Club, the Wednesday Ladies Golf Association, and the Thursday Duplicate Bridge Club.  Doris Waters Holland will be missed by her family and friends. 

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Building Fund of the First United Methodist Church of Dothan.

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