Doris (Dot) B Helms

Doris (Dot) B. Helms of the Bethany Community passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 at her home.  She was 85. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Bethany Baptist Church with Dr. Tony Dye and Rev. Greg Cotter officiating.  Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 5-7PM. Mrs. Helms was born in England where she met the love of her life.  They married in July 1956 and she spent the next 26 years as a military wife. Mrs. Helms was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Billy E. Helms; her parents, Charlie and Hilda Pask; and 6 brothers and 3 sisters. Surviving are her three daughters, Brenda Wilks, Enterprise, AL, Beverly DeVane (Vance), Opelika, AL, Janet Purvis, New Brockton, AL; one son, David Helms, Dothan, AL; sister, Lena Pratt, England; brother, Norman Pask, Australia; eight grandchildren, Jeri Farris, Emily DeVane, Kyle Purvis (Leigh Ann), Kayla Purvis, David Wilks (Kerianna), Lauren Helms (Jesse), Madison Helms and Taylor Helms; four great-grandchildren, Kynleigh Parrish, Clayton Purvis, Noah Farris, and Sawyer Nelson. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Doris (Dot) B Helms, please visit our flower store.