Doris Louise Girty Prichard died on Saturday, July 5, 2019 in Lawton. She was born on May 4, 1938, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Daniel and Pearl Austin Girty. Doris was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Her paternal great-grandparents were forcibly removed by the United States Army from their home in Georgia and marched to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears.

Doris attended Louisiana State University and graduated from Central State University (now University of Central Oklahoma), where she met the love of her life, Charles Prichard. They lived in Oklahoma City and Stillwater before moving to Lawton in 1972.

Doris created and served as the director of the child development center and as the director of children's ministries at First Baptist Church of Lawton from 1974 until her retirement in 1995.

She was a member of Entre Nous and the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, sang in the choir at First Baptist Church, and tutored at Crosby Park Elementary School. She hosted countless wedding and baby showers. She volunteered at the Museum of the Great Plains. She served with the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief program to provide child care for tornado or other state disaster victims. She wrote curriculum used nationally by her denomination.

Doris was the proud mother of Justin Marc Prichard, and his wife Debbie; and of Amy Prichard Tutt, and her husband Tim; and the doting grandmother of Benjamin Prichard Tutt and Mary-Austin Tutt. Doris was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Charles, who died in December. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her siblings, Walter Girty, John Girty, Margaret Girty Coss, Irma Ruth Girty Barnes, Agnes Girty Olson, Paul Girty, and Barbara Jean Girty. She is survived by her sister, Winnie Girty Clark, numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews, and a host of friends.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at First Baptist Church, Lawton. A private interment will be in Duncan under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Gifts in memory of Doris may be made to Helping Women Win: 1601 SW Parkridge Boulevard, Suite 203, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505.