Dolly R. Puckett

December 20, 1925 - December 24, 2016

PITTSBURG, KS – Dolly R. Puckett, 91, of Pittsburg, died December 24, 2016 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, KS. She was born December 20, 1925 in Pittsburg the daughter of Robert and Pansy Runyan Foster. She had been a lifelong resident of Pittsburg, KS. She graduated from Pittsburg High School. She married Huston Puckett on November 27, 1946 in Ft. Scott, KS. He preceded her in death on May 22, 1990. Mrs. Puckett had worked as a cook at the 1106 Drive In, Smelter School and the Taystee Freeze in Pittsburg and Girard, KS. She also worked at a packer for 25 years at Pitt Plastics in Pittsburg, retiring in 1997. She attended the Nazarene Church in Pittsburg, KS. Survivors include one son Bob Puckett and his wife Jeanie of Cherokee, a daughter in law Susan Carmickle and her husband Billy of Girard, four grandchildren Michael Puckett, Stacy Puckett-Taylor, Janice Lopez and Sarah Puckett and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sons Ron Puckett and Gary Puckett, a brother Harold Foster and a sister Marie Gamble. Graveside services will be 11 am Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS with the Rev. Jim Sukraw, officiating, burial will follow. The family will receive their friends from 10 to 11 am Thursday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home, 522 S. Broadway in Pittsburg, KS. Friends may call from 1 to 5 pm Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the funeral home. Condolences may be left at our web site www.bathnaylor.com