Donna Louise Daugherty

Donna was born Feb. 20, 1948 in Meridian, MS. She was a long resident of Lafayette, LA before retiring and residing in Hot Springs, AR.

Donna was a full time mom before going back into the workplace in the 80’s. She worked for Handy City for 10 years as a warehouse manager. She then moved to Anniston, AL. where she worked as a supervisor of a distributor center for Wakefield’s. In 1992 she moved back to Lafayette where she worked until her retirement from Lowe’s Home Improvement. She then headed to the Ouachita Mountains where she then lived out the rest of her years.

Donna was a talented pianist that also had a love for sports. You could always find her yelling at the New Orleans Saints or the St. Louis Cardinals. She passed down many of these talents and love of sports to her children and grandchildren. She’s a lover of all animals but her favorite, being her dog Buster. You never left her house hungry, especially on Roast Sundays. She was very proud of all her children and grandchildren. She will be deeply missed.

She is survived by her loving husband of 24 years, Dennis Daugherty and her 3 children, her son, Darrel “Buffy” Massey (Amy) of Lafayette, LA, her daughter, Tina Gautreau (Max) of Lafayette, LA, her daughter, Jennifer Massey (Larry) of Hot Springs, AR.

Her 6 grandchildren:

Taylor and Ben Massey,

Emma and Maxwell Gautreau,

Lillian and Kenny Holmes,

Step grandchildren Bryce and Kyle Daugherty.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Benito Pickett and stepfather, B.D. Pickett; father Dolphus Stanton jr;, grandmother, Emma Nelson; grandfather, Morris Nelson; grandmother, Eula Mae Stanton Gray; and stepson, Dennis Allen Daugherty.

Our family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Kota, Dr. Pruitt, Dr. Warren, Dr. Patel, CHI St Vincent Oncology Floor and a special thanks to Arkansas Hospice for all the incredible care given to her.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a memorial to Arkansas Hospice in Donna's name.