Doris M. McCoy Cook

The Life of
A
Heavenly Sent Saint

Doris Marie Hickerson Carter McCoy Cook
“MOMMA CARTER”

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I

have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:6-7 (KJV)
Doris Marie Hickerson Carter McCoy Cook, or better known as Mom, Mother Doris, Momma Carter,
Grandma, Grandmother and Sister Cook, was born on March 12, 1932, to the marriage of the Reverend
Theodore and Susan Hickerson in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Doris was the oldest child of this union. She
was called home to be with her parents, sister, brothers, son, and late husbands on December 20, 2025.
Doris is preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, Ira Carter McCoy and Emmett J. Cook, sons Ira
Leon Carter, Gerald Elliott, daughter in law Anita Elliott, brothers Theodore Hickerson, Jr., and Reverend
Dr. Vernon R. Hickerson, Sister Glenda Faye Allen, Stepson Emmett J. Cook, Jr., and mother-in-law, Sarah
Davis along with other close friends.
Doris was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma and graduated from Manuel Training High School.
She went on to attend Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma before marrying Ira Carter McCoy
while at Langston, (giving birth to her children) and moving to Wichita, Kansas. The family moved from
Wichita, Kansas, to Seattle, Washington in 1957. In Seattle, she was employed by Providence Hospital,
Federal Records Center, and Safeco Insurance before retiring from Safeco at the tender age of 55 in
1987. Doris was a faithful member of Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church for over 60 years; served on
the board of the Ardell Mitchell Home, a member and past President of the church Mission and devoted
football mom of the Central Area Youth Association, and Washington State University Football Teams.
Doris leaves to cherish her memory her devoted and loving sons, Michael Ray Carter of Seattle; Kenneth
Wayne Carter (Shelia) of Dallas, Texas; daughter Portia Gaynell Carter of Seattle, Step daughters Barbara
Warfield, Sandra Evans, Darlene Alvis and Patricia Cook of Seattle; grandsons Ira M. Davis (Tae) and
Burch M. Carter of Dallas, Texas; Lamont Richardson; Anthony Beeman; Vernon Bell; Jason Bell; Walter
Bell, Jr.; Trochan Cook; granddaughters Portina Alexander of Weatherford, Texas; and Demi M. Carter of
Greensboro, North Carolina; Samantha Johnson and Tracie Elliott of Seattle; Jenette Alvis; great
granddaughters, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and many dear friends who loved her deeply
and will miss the loving spirit and presence she embodied.

O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust.
Psalm 7:1

Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Colossians 3:20

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