Doris Hickman Jarrett

Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Hickman Jarrett are scheduled for 2:00pm, Saturday, May 1, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington with Bro. John Archer, Bro. John Middleton, and Bro. Stan McDaniel officiating. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery. Doris Hickman Jarrett died Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at Henderson County Community Hospital, she was the widow of Dr. Ben A. Jarrett, who died in 1956. Her parents were the late Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Hickman of Lavinia, TN. She was a graduate of Milan High School. After her graduation from Memphis State and her husband’s graduation from U. T. School of Dentistry, they moved to Lexington in 1931. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Memphis State and did graduate study at U. T. Knoxville and the University of Iowa. Mrs. Jarrett taught 24 years at Lexington City School and Caywood School. She served as president of the High School P.T.A. and Secretary/Treasurer of City School P.T.A. She also served as Lexington’s correspondent for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jackson Sun, and Nashville Tennesseean and did book reviews for the Commercial Appeal. She was 8th District President of the Tennessee Music Clubs and organized the Stephen Foster Music Club at Selmer. She was a charter member of the Friday Book Club, Lexington Music Club, Flowers Lovers Garden Club, and served as President for all three. Mrs. Jarrett was the organist for Eastern Star and feature writer and society editor for the Lexington Progress. She volunteered for Lexington Methodist Hospital and conducted a reading course at the High School. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Woman’s Missionary Society, and Deborah Sunday School Class. She did a great deal of traveling in the U. S., Europe, and the Holy Land. Mrs. Jarrett was named Mother of the Year for the state of Tennessee in 1972. She is survived by two children, Glenn Jarrett of Scotts Hill and Jeannine Mitchell of Knoxville, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Ben, who died in 1986. The family will receive friends Friday from 7-9pm at Mrs. Jarrett’s home and Saturday 1-2 at the First United Methodist Church. The family requests donations be made to the Everett Horn Library in Lexington.

Doris Hickman Jarrett

January 23, 1907 - April 28, 2004