Celebration of life and going home service for Chlora Lou (Hunter) Doyal, ninety-one years old, will be held Thursday, August 26, 2021, at the Martin Baptist Church in Martin, LA at 1:00 PM with Reverend Richard Kaufman and son Rory Doyal officiating. Interment will follow at Martin Cemetery in Martin, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at Kilpatrick s RoseNeath Funeral Home in Coushatta, LA, beginning at 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
Chlora Lou was born July 18, 1930, in Coushatta, LA to William Leslie Hunter and Chlotielde Rawls Hunter. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 23, 2021, in Martin, LA. She was a retired social worker for the state of Louisiana in Red River Parish for the majority of her adult life. A pillar of Martin Baptist Church and the Martin community, Lou loved her Lord and Savior and was a devout Christian, even teaching Sunday school classes throughout her life. The family matriarch, she loved and is loved by her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Remembered by all for her love of crocheting, gardening, cooking for the family, and her children and grandchildren s 4-H projects. Her grandchildren loved having morning pancakes and waffles with Mammaw. She also loved the fellowship of holidays; especially Christmas - making and hanging stockings for each family member, while greeting callers on Christmas Eve with \"Christmas Eve\'s Gift".
She will be dearly missed by family and friends.
Preceding her in death, her husband Billy Joe Doyal, great-grandson Joshua Chance Jones, parents; William Leslie and Chlotielde Rawls Hunter; brothers William Leslie Hunter Jr, John Clifton Hunter.
Left to cherish her memory are her children; sons Rusty Doyal and wife Erlinda of Kingsland GA, Rick Doyal and wife, Sharon of Mansfield, LA, Rodney Doyal and wife Paula of Benton, LA, and Rory Doyal and wife Irwina Liaw of Santa Barbara, CA. Daughter Jo Doyal Rambin and Marvin of Martin, LA. Siblings; Vernelle Hunter Rasmussen, and Ed Hunter. Grandchildren; Misty Rambin Jones, Chance Doyal, Richard Doyal, Jana Rambin Bounds, Jill Doyal Craft, Hollie Adams, Sarah-Beth Bump, Colton Doyal, Dustie Jo Rambin Gibson, Kaitlyn Doyal, Caroline Youngblood, Robert Clubine, Kenny Clubine. Sixteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Serving pallbearers; Chance Doyal, Richard Doyal, Colton Doyal, Chris Jones, Randall Bounds, Trey Craft, Zack Gibson, Brian Bump, and Mark Adams.
Honorary pallbearers; Chaston Doyal, Jacob Jones, Porter Doyal, Brody Adams, Cash Doyal, Asher Craft, and Logan Bounds.
In place of flowers, the family request memorials are made to the Shriner s Children Hospital of Shreveport in memory of Chlora Lou Doyal, in honor of Joshua Jones.