Doris Jean Harper

Graveside services for Doris Jean Harper, 74, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 4, 2021, at Pottersville Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Harper passed away at 9:08 a.m., Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at West Vue Nursing Center.

She was born February 8, 1946, at Caulfield, Missouri, to William Fred Summers and Vera Isabelle Downen.  On November 21, 1991, she was married at Orange Park, Florida, to William R. (Bill) Harper.  Doris was a nurse for eighteen years.  She had worked at West Vue Nursing Center and Pleasant Valley Manor.  She enjoyed traveling and gardening and was loved by many.  Mrs. Harper was of the Jehovah witness faith since 1974 and attended Kingdom Hall at West Plains.

She is survived by her husband, Bill Harper; one son, Vernon Ray Harper and wife, Michelle, Bay Minette, Alabama; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Dale Summers and wife, Lois, Hartford, Michigan, William Joseph (Billy) Summers and wife, Karen, Bakersfield, Missouri and James Robert Summers and wife, Sharon, Pottersville, Missouri; one sister, Hazel Harris, Pottersville, Missouri; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Her parents, one niece, Beth Ann Summers and one brother-in-law, Bob Harris, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to Pottersville Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775.