Lewis Carpenter Doggett

Highlands, NC - Lewis Carpenter Doggett, 85, of Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Born in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of the late Lewis Carpenter and Mary Adeline Elliott Doggett. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean conflict. He was an executive in the textile industry. He was Phi Beta Kappa at Duke University and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He served on the Board of The Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center, The Bascomb Art Gallery, Center for Life Enrichment, Highlands Town Planning Board, The Highlands Historical Society, and The Jackson/Macon Conservation Alliance. He was a vestryman and senior warden of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation where he was a member.

Mr. Doggett is survived by his wife of 62 years, Anne Patrick Major Doggett; three daughters, Mary Elliott Doggett Williams and husband Robert "R.L."of Lookout Mtn., TN, Alynder Patrick Doggett of Greenville, SC, Frances Major Doggett Mulkin and husband Joel White of Birmingham, AL; three sons, Dr. Lewis Carpenter Doggett III and wife Cathy Allen of Jacksonville, AL, Benjamin Tanner Doggett and wife Lisa Bailey Doggett of Suwanee, GA and John Patrick Doggett and wife Elizabeth Hamilton of Charlotte, NC; eleven grandchildren, Tyler Jane Mulkin, Joel White Mulkin,Jr, James Elliott Mulkin, Lindsay Anne Doggett, Lewis Carpenter Doggett, IV, Allender Sullivan Duhe Doggett, Ethan McGregor Doggett, Riley Sullivan Doggett,, Cooper Reeves Doggett, John Cabell Doggett and Emma Sullivan Doggett.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter, Lucia Sullivan Doggett.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 2 at 11:00AM at the Episcopal Church of Incarnation in Highlands, NC with Father Bruce Walker officiating. Burial will be at Highlands Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Episcopal Church of Incarnation in Highlands, NC, The Bell Tower Fund or Highlands Historical Society.

Bryant Grant Funeral Home, Franklin NC is in charge of arrangements.
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