Statler Family Obituaries
Dockins, Perry Lee "Doc", Jr.
Perry Lee "Doc" Dockins Jr., 77, of Yuma, Ariz., died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, in Yuma.
He was born July 14, 1935, in Cape Girardeau. He graduated from Central High School, where he developed his love for band music. He earned bachelor and master degrees in music education from Murray State University. He was a music teacher at San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, Calif.
Survivors include his children, Anne-Heather Dockins Welch and Perry Lee Dockins III of Yuma, Bart Dockins of Clayton, N.C., Wendy Kephart and Jody Koop; and a brother, Charles Dockins of St. Charles, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Sharon Lee Fryer Dockins; and his parents, Perry Lee Dockins Sr. and Charlotte Loos Dockins.
Doc loved hunting and fishing and had many great outdoor memories with family and friends in Missouri, Illinois and Arizona.
Local announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Yuma, 1824 S. 8th Ave., Yuma, AZ 85364.
Printed in the Wednesday, August 22, 2012 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO.
©2012 by David Statler of StatlerWeb