Obituary of Doris Patrick Lavender

Mrs. Doris Patrick Lavender, a resident of Ozark, died Thursday morning, July 3, 2025, at her home. She was 90 years old. Funeral services for Mrs. Lavender will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, July 8, 2025, from Ridgecrest Baptist Church with Reverend Scott Thompson and Reverend Jim Hill officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends Tuesday at the church from 10:00 A.M. until service time. Mrs. Lavender was born February 27, 1935 in Enterprise, Alabama to the late James Sollie Patrick and Lelia Emla Adkisson Patrick. She attended school in Enterprise and later received her Licensed Practical Nursing Certification. Mrs. Lavender was employed with Lyster Army Hospital at Fort Rucker for eighteen years in obstetrics and eighteen years in pediatrics. She was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Ozark since 1960 where she taught the pre-school class in Sunday School and served on several committees. Mrs. Lavender loved gardening and working in her yard. She enjoyed shopping and decorating. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Moses Bunyan Lavender, Jr.; four sisters, Mirlene Fleming, Jeanette Pair, Jean Baker and Joyce Pair; four brothers, Ray Patrick, Manuel Patrick, Roger Patrick and Oscar Patrick. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her memory to Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1971 Deese Road, Ozark, Alabama 36360.