Obituary

Funeral services for Doyle Staggs, 88, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Gatlin of Krum and the Rev. Don Robertson, pastor of College Heights Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Wood-Dunning Funeral home. Mr. Staggs died at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2001, in Arvada, Colo. He was born April 7, 1913, in Tuscola. He attended schools in Happy and served with the U.S. Army during World War II in the 90th Infantry Division. He was assigned to the medical attachment of the 264th Infantry where he was a cook. He farmed in the Plainview area and was head groundskeeper for Wayland Baptist University, retiring in 1983. On Feb. 12, 1946, he married Lois Gross in Rosebud. Survivors include his wife; a son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Pauline Staggs of Arvada; two grandchildren, Lindsey and Bryan Staggs; two stepgrandsons and wives, Scott and Renee Anderson and Chris and Christy Anderson; and two great-grandchildren, Haley Hanna Anderson and Austin Anderson. The family suggests memorials to the 90th Infantry Division.
Plainview Daily Herald - Dec. 11, 2001