MULKEYTOWN -- Doris Maxine Poe, 88, passed away at 2:37 a.m. Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Fairview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Du Quoin. Doris was a homemaker. She had worked at Brock's Walgreen Drug Store as a fountain manager. Doris had also been employed at Country Set as a seamstress and at Diner Bell Restaurant as a cook. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Du Quoin. She was born Oct. 6, 1925, in Perry County, the daughter of Curtis Benjamin and Minnie Ellen (Morris) Gant. She married William H. Gerstenschlager in 1940 in Missouri and he preceded her in death in 1943. She then married Herman D. Poe in 1945 in Metropolis and he preceded her in death in 1990. She is survived by six children, Shirley Anheuser and husband, Richard, of Du Quoin, Fay Sulcer and husband, Bill, of Sesser, Judy Heape and husband, Doug, of Tamaroa, Jane Southerd and husband, Bill, of Christopher, James "Jim" Poe and wife, Terri, of Mulkeytown and Jerry Poe and wife, Peggy, of Mulkeytown; special friend, Clyde Treadwell of Mulkeytown; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; three brothers, Wesley Gant, Curtis Gant and Arthur Gant; one sister, Lois Farthing; one grandson, Justin Diuguid; and one great-grandson, Tyler Jones. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin, with Chaplain Mike Allen officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park at Du Quoin. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to TIP Hospice or donor's choice. For additional information or to sign the memorial guest register, visit www.searbyfuneralhomes.com. Published in The Southern Illinoisan from Mar. 31 to Apr. 1, 2014