Born on August 4, 1938 in Caldwell County. Doris was a daughter of the late Junie Lee Brown Day and Harv Austin.
Doris worked as a cashier at the old Williams Grocery in Valmead, where she knew all the customers by name. Later she worked at Allergan, and retired from there. She was a wonderful cook and never used a recipe. She enjoyed gardening and working in her flowerbeds. She also enjoyed dancing and feeding ANY animal that came within 10 feet of her house. However, her beloved dog Dippy ruled the hillside.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a son, Keith E. Kirby; a sister, Jeanette Henderson; two brothers, Tommy Austin and Randy Day.
Those left to cherish her memory are three sons, Jerry Curtis and wife Lora, Johnny Curtis and Jeffrey Kirby; two sisters, Mary Ellen Anderson, and husband Berkley, Geneva McCloud; a brother, David Day and wife Ruby.
As Doris was the matriarch of our family, there are many nieces’ nephews’ cousins and grandchildren.
A funeral service to honor Mrs. Scruggs will be held on Monday, October 19, 2020 at 3:00 pm at Miracle Church with Rev. David Allen Day officiating. Burial will follow the service at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Lenoir.
The family will receive friends for an hour and a half prior to the service, from 1:30 pm until 3:00 pm at Miracle Church.
Memorials to honor her may be made to the Caldwell Humane Society at 829 Fairview Drive Southwest Lenoir, 28645.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the family at www.pendrysfuneralhome.com.
Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Doris Jean Scruggsa.
