Joe B. Fogg, World War II combat veteran, retired U.S. Postal Service employee, and former businessman here, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at Twilight Home surrounded by family members. Born in Navarro County Oct. 21, 1919, he was within three days of reaching his 90th birthday.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at Griffin-Roughton Chapel with the Rev. Mike Alexander, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Steve Moss, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church, and Chaplain Bill Honea of Corsicana will be officiating. Masons will conduct the burial services at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fogg, a 1937 graduate of Corsicana High School, served his country in the European theater during World War II where he earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the Bronze Star along with other awards and citations. He was a member of the 94th Infantry Division and was a member of the Army as it stormed Normandy in August 1944. He advanced across the Normandy Beach three days following the invasion of Europe.
He was mobilized with the Texas National Guard in 1941 and was later reassigned to the 94th Infantry Division.
Following his discharge from the U.S. Army, he joined the 36th (Texas) Infantry Division, a major component of the Texas Army National Guard. He later would earn a commission as a second lieutenant. He retired from the military as a lieutenant colonel holding several command and staff positions.
Following World War II, he joined the U.S. Postal Service in Corsicana and delivered mail as a city route man. He served more than three decades with the postal service, retiring as superintendent of mails. Following that, he served as an appraiser for the City Tax Office. Later he was affiliated with a local real estate office.
He and his late wife, the former Miss Louise Howell of 63 years, were entrepreneurs, owning and operating the Black Swan Antique Shop in Corsicana many years. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a 40-year member of Scurry Lodge, as well as a member of the Eastern Star. He was an active member of the former Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church, which is now St. Luke United Methodist Church. He served First United Methodist Church in leadership roles throughout the past four decades.
While his children were students in the Corsicana ISD, he was active in the band and teacher associations.
Born in Corsicana, he was the son of the late Bertha and Joseph Fogg, former residents of Navarro and Kaufman counties. His parents and brother, Ernest, are buried at Scurry. A sister, Mrs. Johnny Fogg Smith, rests in Richland Cemetery. A widower, he married the former Miss Louise Howell, who died in 2004 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Included among his survivors are one daughter, Evelyn M. Grimmett and husband Richard of Corsicana; two sons, Douglas A. Fogg and wife Maryanne of Corsicana, and David Fogg and wife Kathy of Durant, Okla.; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one brother, Raymond Fogg and wife Frances of Garland; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Members of the Masonic Lodge will be pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Friendship Sunday School Class at First United Methodist Church.
An online guest book is available at www.griffin-roughton.com by selecting the Joe B. Fogg obituary.
Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. ∞
