Ms. Doris Elaine Gardner Humphries, 86, of Shelby, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at White Oak Manor of Shelby. A native of Wichita, Kansas, she is the daughter of the late Earl H. Gardner and Cecil Brown Gardner. She had worked and later retired from JC Penny as a sales clerk. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Ray Humphries.

She is survived by one daughter, Dorothy Rouse and husband Michael of Polkville; two sons, Earl Ray Humphries of Kings Mountain and Donald Richard Humphries of Nixa, Missouri; ten grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

Services are Private

Memorials: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150

Funeral Home:   Cleveland Funeral Services and Crematory