On 25 January 1968, Earl Howerton Doggins died in Caret, Essex County, Virginia. He was 68; white; a usual resident of Caret; father was Thomas Croxton Doggins; mother was Vestilla Beazley; married; wife was Cornelia Wyatt Doggins; born on 22 April 1899 in Virginia; occupation merchant of groceries; cause of death myocardial infarction; interval between onset and death 2 minutes; buried at Upper Essex Baptist Cemetery, Caret, Virginia. [Commonweath of Virginia, Certificate of Death, State File Number 68 002835.]