Clara Mae

Doggett

Clara Mae Pennell Doggett, 86, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Sterling Hills Rehab and Nursing in Sweetwater.

Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Sweetwater Cemetery with Pastor Tique Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow directed by McCoy Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 P.M. at McCoy Funeral Home.

Clara was born June 15, 1937 in Sweetwater, Texas to Raymond and Mazelle (Poe) Pennell. She grew up in Sweetwater and married James Oran Doggett May 9, 1958 in Sweetwater. He preceded her in death August 13, 1983. Oran's work in the oil patch carried the family from Sweetwater to different areas including Brownfield, Denver City, Sundown, back to Sweetwater and then back to Denver City where she live a total 47 years before returning to Sweetwater in 2022. While in Denver City, Clara worked over 25 years as a Certified Nurse's Aide, along withraising her children and the domestic duties that go along with a mother seeing about her family. She loved to travel and was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Denver City, Texas.

She is survived by a son, Bill Doggett and wife Jill of Sweetwater, TX, two daughters, Ann Connolly and husband Benny of Denver City, TX, Chris Carr and husband Terry of Sweetwater, TX, a sister, Alice Whitley and husband Benny of Sweetwater, TX, five grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and fourteen great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Oran Doggett, a brother, Charles Pennell, and a sister, Lomita McDonnell.