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Funeral service for Doris Alene Buffkin, age 73, of Hartselle, will be Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Oscar Gray, Rev. Shane Britt, and Rev. Kenneth White officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 8, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Valhermoso Springs Cemetery.
Mrs. Buffkin, who died Thursday, September 5, 2013, at Decatur Morgan Hospital, was born December 2, 1939, in Tuscaloosa County, to Oscar Helms and Doris Mildred Ryan Helms. She was preceded in death by her sister, Martha Depew, and one stepson, Jacke Buffkin.
She is survived by her husband, Harold Buffkin of Hartselle; two sons, Gregory Thomas of Nashville, TN, and Chris Helms of Hartselle, AL; three stepsons, Roger Buffkin of Stuttgart, AR, Glenn Buffkin of Stuttgart, AR, and Mickey Buffkin of Pine Bluff, AR; two brothers, James Oscar Helms of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, and Fred Helms of Atlanta, GA; three sisters, Dottie Swann of Atlanta, GA, Rebecca Wasson of Hannibal, MO; and Nancy Hart of Minor Hill, TN; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Pallbearers will be family.
