William Carrel Bogle

William Carrel Bogle, 85, of Baytown was born January 29, 1923 in Abner, OK and passed away Friday, October 3, 2008 in a local hospital. He was a member of the Seventh Street Church of Christ Church and was a retired shift supervisor for the J. M. Huber Corp. He proudly served in the U. S. Navy as a Navy/Marine Corps corpsman during WWII in the South Pacific Theater. He was en route to Saipan and Okinawa for the assaults on those beachheads when his ship was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze in the Leyte Gulf. He was then transferred to another ship and continued on to participate in the assault on Okinawa.

He was preceded in death by his son-in-law, David R. Brooks and is survived by his wife of 66 years, Dovie Bogle, daughter and son-in-law, Denise Brooks-Donaldson and Bruce Donaldson and sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Teri Bogle and Kim and Veronica Bogle, all of Baytown; sisters, Ruby Allgood of Fort Worth, Vonciel NgDung of Ohio and Wanda Bassinger of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Theresa Wells, Tim Bogle, Michael Bogle, Josh Brooks, Daniel Bogle, Felipe Bogle, James Donaldson and Kimberly Bogle; and great grandchildren, Austin Donaldson, Tamera West, Tiffany West, Zachary Bogle, Makenna Bogle, Hayden Bogle, Braydon Bogle and Chase Bogle.

His family will receive friends at Navarre Funeral Home Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and Monday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Navarre Funeral Home with Bradley Benoit officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at White Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers will be Michael Bogle, Tim Bogle, Daniel Bogle, Josh Brooks, Bruce Donaldson and Clint Kinney.

To view the online obituary or to post a tribute for the family, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com

Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, TX, 77521 (281) 422-8111.