Doyle Oliver McGehee left this world on July 15, 2015 to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born December 29, 1936 to Shelton and Dera McGehee in Bogalusa, LA.
Doyle served in the Air Force where he played baseball and traveled to 19 foreign countries. His regular duties were as air force policeman.
In 1970 he married Sandra Gilhaus and they had one daughter, Angela McGehee Conine. On January 15, 1988, he married Carrol Dvorak Kieke and gained two more daughters, Gaylynn Kieke Lawrence and Cindy Kieke Randermann. Doyle worked for Brown and Root along the Texas coast, spending many years at the Nalco plant in Freeport. When the plant closed, he worked several shut downs before settling into a job at Phillips in Sweeny. From there he went to work at the Hoffman-Roche vitamin plant in Freeport where he retired from Brown and Root and joined Fluor Daniels. He worked there for 5 years before retiring to to his place in Sargent. Later, when medical conditions forced him to sell, he moved into Bay City and 4 years later moved to Brenham, TX.
Doyle joined the First Baptist Church in Sargent where he was active as trustee, Sunday School teacher and whatever else was needed., When he moved to Golden Avenue Baptist Church in Bay City, he served as deacon, teacher and trustee. Another move to FBC Van Vleck, and at last to Calvary in Brenham.
Doyle is survived by his wife, Carrol McGehee, daughter Angela Conine, daughter Cindy Randermann and husband Mike, daughter Gaylynn Lawrence; grandchildren Caden Weiss, Kiley Weiss, Corbi Weiss, Chase Lawrence, Orry Randermann and wife Cortney, Rinn Randermann; great grand children Charles and Madelyn Randermann and Caelum Cristen. Sister LaJune Parker and brother Gene McGehee and wife Sondra along with a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Shelton McGehee, Dera McGehee and step-father Zeke McGehee, brothers Roy McGehee, Wayne McGehee, Fred McGehee, Rodney McGehee and wife Dorothy McGehee.
The family will receive visitors Friday, July 17 from 6:00-8:00pm at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 10:00am Saturday July 18, 2015 at 1st Baptist Church Van Vleck with Bro. Bob Hobbins officiating. Interment will follow at Colonial Cemetery in Brazoria. Honorary pallbearers are Truitt Farris, Louis Sloey, David Dawson, Charles Reed and Curtis Dykes.