Darrell P. Doggett, 82, of Center, died Thursday, November 12, 2015. He was born on May 7, 1933, in Hurstown, to Lola Belle Lout Doggett and Edgar “Ed’ Doggett. Darrell served his country in the United States Army 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. After serving in the military, he worked at Bethlehem Shipyard and later worked as a pipefitter, welder, and inspector and later retired as a supervisor of maintenance from Texaco Chemical, formerly Jefferson Chemical, and now owned by Huntsman Corporation, in Port Neches.
Survivors include his wife of fifty-seven years, Eddie Hicks Doggett; daughter, Joni Doggett Day of Beaumont; grandchildren, Bridget Day Aldridge and her husband, Josh, of Silsbee and Abby Day Riley and her husband, Daniel, of Kountze; great-grandchild, Jemma Aldridge; brothers, Ruben Doggett and his wife, Carolyn, and Spencer Doggett, all of Silsbee; sisters, Willie Jo Doggett Powell of Houston and Janice Doggett Lack of Beaumont; and other family members and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents; and grandmother, Willie Monroe Lout Luman.
A gathering of Mr. Doggett’s family and friends will begin at 1:00 p.m., with his funeral service at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 15, 2015, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee. His interment will follow at Hardin Memorial Park, Silsbee.
