Lou Ellen Whiddon Doiron, age 95, of Bryan, Texas passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. She was born in Louisiana on November 30, 1927 to Robert and Agnes Whiddon. She had one sister Wilma Jeanette. The Whiddons moved to Port Arthur when she was a baby, and they lived there until about 1940 when they moved to Moss Bluff. She graduated from Gillis High School as the Salutatorian of her graduating class.
She married AC Donahoo, and they had Gary Wayne in 1946. AC died in 1951 leaving her a widow with a young son at an early age. A couple of years later Lou attended a church service where a young man named U.A. Doiron was preaching. She set eyes on him and he on her, and the rest, as they say, is history.
U.A. pastored the church in Moss Bluff, and Lou played the piano. In 1953 their daughter Debra was born, and in 1959 their son, Brian was born. In 1962 the family moved to Dallas, Texas where U.A. began a career at Dallas Bible College. In the time they spent there, Lou was U.A.’s executive secretary and then became the librarian for the college. She accomplished an incredible feat of changing the entire library over from the Dewey Decimal system to the Library of Congress system. She also added numerous volumes to the library to bring it up to accreditation standards.
When the college closed, they returned to Moss Bluff and began work at Camp Pearl. Lou learned the computer system of QuickBooks and became the financial manager of the camp. They worked side by side for most of their married life accomplishing many “turn arounds” with churches, the college, and the camp.
As their health began to decline, they moved to Bryan, Texas in 2018 to live with their daughter and her husband. U.A. passed away in February, 2022, and Lou continued the fight against fibromyalgia and congestive heart failure. She had a stroke on November 22 and went to meet Jesus on November 28, 2023.
She is survived by her 2 sons, 1 daughter, 3 grandsons, 3 granddaughters, 11 great-grandsons, 2 great granddaughters, and 2 great-great grandsons.
Funeral Services will be held at Camp Pearl Chapel Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Camp Pearl/Creel Cemetery.
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