Doris Joy (Ware) Walker

Funeral service for Doris Joy Walker, age 84, of Verden, Oklahoma,  will be held Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. in the McRay Funeral Home chapel.

Joy was born July 17, 1938 to Perry Preston Ware and Doris Eunice Ware in Savannah, Oklahoma.  She subsequently moved to Tupelo, Oklahoma. Joy grew up on a farm south of Tupelo on the bank of Muddy Boggy Creek.  She was a talented basketball player and loved playing high school sports for the Tupelo Tigers. After graduating from high school, she married D. L. on September 25, 1958 and they moved to Nurnberg, Germany, while D. L. served in the United States Army.  Their oldest daughter was born while they were in Germany.  After returning to the United States, they had another daughter.  D. L. operated heavy equipment and Joy made a home for her family as they traveled from road job to road job before settling in Verden in 1969.  Joy's family was her highest priority.  She never missed a sporting event or activity with her daughters and grandsons.  Joy was their biggest fan!  Joy was an excellent cook and enjoyed preparing meals for the family.  She also enjoyed sewing, word games, fishing and feeding the hummingbirds.

Joy was preceded in death by her parents, husband and 10 siblings.

She is survived by children DeLonia and Stanley Verser of Verden and Kimberly and Mike Feno of Morrison, Colorado.  She is also survived by grandsons and wives: Daniel and Auriel Verser, Brookshire, Texas; Benjamin Verser, Verden, Oklahoma; Kyle and Mariah Feno, Littleton, Colorado; Evan and Samantha Feno, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Ryland and Raquel Feno, Littleton, Colorado; and Lance Feno, Littleton, Colorado.

Burial will be in the Gerty Cemetery in Gerty, OK at 3 p.m.  Services are under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.