GRAHAM, Maye (Jobe)

Funeral service for Maye Graham, 84, of Chickasha, Oklahoma will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Bible Baptist Church, Chickasha. Maye Graham was born May 2, 1925 in Ninnekah, Oklahoma to Doc and Donnie Jobe. She was the youngest of 10 children. She died February 7, 2010 in Chickasha. She attended school at Union Hill and Ninnekah. During World War II, she worked as a beauty operator in Chickasha. She married Reid Doss, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corp, in 1946. Maye and Reid began their family shortly after. Maye attended Oklahoma College for Women (USAO) in Chickasha and finished her education with a BA in psychology at Sonoma State College in Rhonart Park, California. The Doss family moved to California where Maye taught elementary school. She pioneered modern education techniques and developed a resource center for gifted students. She retired in 1978.After moving back to Chickasha, she was an auxiliary volunteer at Grady Memorial Hospital and an active member of Bible Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Merry Chicks Red Hatters Club and the Spring Creek Home Demonstration Club. She was preceded in death by: Parents, 7 brothers: Avery, Alvin, Johnny, Jack, Grady, Leo and Oscar Jobe, 1 sister: Willie McAfee, Husband of 42 years, Reid Doss, Husband of 12 years, Jim Estes. Survivors include: Husband: Vernia Graham of the home, 4 children: Daymon Doss and wife, Sally, of California, Jan Doss Williams and husband, Paul, of Arkansas, Curtis W. Doss and wife, Lise, of Texas, R. Lori Doss Wasson of Florida, 1 sister: Dorothy Kelly of Norman, OK, 11 grandchildren: Kerensa Edwards, Gabriel Doss, Raman Doss, Stephen Williams, Paul Reid Williams, Navvab Doss Taylor, Ruhiyyih Doss, Zack Wasson, Jeremiah Wasson, Rebecca Wasson-Thomas, Chelsea Wasson, 7 great grandchildren: Rowan Edwards, Sophia Rose Edwards, Zoe Jane Doss, Micah Owen Doss, Azlan Wasson, Phoenix Aurora Wasson, Malibu Schuch. Many nieces, nephews and other relatives. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bible Baptist Church of Chickasha Building Fund. Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home.