As a Jacksonville native, Doris graduated from Lee High School in 1948. She met and married Hiram “John” Louis Godwin in June of 1950. They were married for 59 years before John passed in 2009. Doris enjoyed her bridge group, ball room dancing, crafting, traveling and being a homemaker to her family. Doris and John raised two daughters, Julie and Laurie.
Doris is survived by her two daughters; Julie Ann Miller (Ernest Carl Miller), and Laurie Jean Leslie (Joel Boone Leslie), her grandchildren; Lindsey Christina Miller, Ernest “Beau” Miller, Claudia Lauren Leslie and Griffith Ashton Leslie.
There will be a small private service for Doris on Sunday, August 12, 2018. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257. or give online. The family is being served by Hardage-Giddens Riverside Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 7242 Normandy Boulevard Jacksonville, FL 32205
