Deceased Name: MARY ELLEN
NORTON DOGGETT Mrs. Mary Ellen Norton Doggett, 92, of 6100 West Friendly Ave., died Thursday, May 18, 2000, at her residence.
A graveside service will be
held at 2
p.m. Monday, May 22,
2000, in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Doggett was born in Raeford, N.C. on April 25, 1908, to the late William and Harriet McInnes
Norton. She attended Raeford High School, UNCG and the Kings Business School. Mrs. Doggett was a member of West Market Street United Methodist Church, the Guilford Battle Chapter of NSDAR, Historical
Book Club of NC, Cherokee Chapter Daughters of War of 1812 and the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Doggett authored two books, The Norton
Family History in 1992 and The Lambert/Lambeth Family
of North Carolina in 1974.
Survivors include two
children, J. Taylor Doggett and his wife, Audrey Wellner
Doggett of Greensboro and Mary Doggett Wilkinson and her husband, Henry A.
Wilkinson of Charlotte; three grandchildren, James Wellner
Doggett and Julia Suzanne Doggett, both of Greensboro and Ellen Wilkinson Proctor and her husband, Frank
Edward Proctor of Hong Kong.
Mrs. Doggett was preceded in
death by her husband, James A. Doggett; four sisters; and six brothers.
The family will receive
friends at the home of her son, 3608 Starmount Drive in Greensboro.
Memorials may be made to
either West Market Street United Methodist Church, 302 West Market St., Greensboro, N.C. 27401; or to Friends Home West, 6100 West Friendly Ave., Greensboro, N.C. 27410.
Forbis & Dick, North Elm Street is serving the family of Mrs. Doggett.