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Mrs. Doris Royster Leftwich Venable left her earthly home on January 4, 2020 to meet her heavenly Father and His son, Jesus, and to join her mother, father and brother, Robert D. Royster, who preceded her in death.

Doris was born September 1, 1937 in Alpoco, WV to the late Robert and Evelyn Banks Royster.

She graduated from Byrd Prillerman High School in 1955, where she was a cheerleader for four years.

Doris also graduated from Uni-Teq Institute of Automated Learning in New York as a keypunch and console operator. While in New York, she joined John F. Kennedy Democratic Club in Harlem. She was considered a good organizer and fundraiser. She worked with Bobby Kennedy, Percy Sutton, Charlie Rangel, George Miller, Basil Patterson, and Clayton Powell. Doris headed a campaign headquarters in Harlem in 1968 where she met Hubert Humphrey who was running for President at that time.

Doris returned to WV in 1973, where she met and married Loyce Venable. They were married for 46 happy years. She was an avid reader and enjoyed working in her flower garden and taking care of her family.

Doris retired from Kroger in 1999, after working for 27 years and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Beckley, WV.

She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Loyce Venable; sons, Michael (Sharon) Leftwich and Scott Leftwich, both of Covington, GA; daughter, Charlene (Larry) Neal of Whitehall, PA; sister, Clarice Royster Witten of Beckley, WV; grandsons, Charles Lamont (Tina) Leftwich of Covington, GA, Scott (Anna) Leftwich II of Marietta, GA, Larry Neal Jr of Baltimore, MD and Phillip Neal of Whitehall, PA; granddaughters, Christi Leftwich of Los Angeles, CA, Latasha Brown, Shereka Brown, Kiah Leftwich Ross and Catrina Shotwell of Covington, GA; special nephew, Jesse Tyrone Witten of Beckley, WV; 14 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two special daughters, Shirley Randall Crowe and Francine Wooten Sinozich and a host of aunts, cousins, and friends.

Funeral service will be 12:00PM Saturday, January 11, 2020 at New Hope Baptist Church 305 Worley Road Beckley with Rev Walter Leach officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity.

Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church.

Email condolences to ritchie-johnson@suddenlinkmail.com

Arrangements entrusted to Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley