Darla Kay (Calcote) Murrell

Darla Kay Calcote Murrell was the loving wife of Donnie Murrell of Freeport, TX. She was born to Virgil “VJ” Joseph Calcote Sr. and Margaret Lewis Calcote on December 7, 1957. Her life was cut short on February 12, 2024. She and her beloved son Chase departed this earth together.

Darla proudly shared ownership of Thermal Polymers Systems with her husband for 30 years. Darla’s love of life was brilliant. You can’t capture her life in one light bulb; she was a thousand lights. She loved to travel. “If she was on a plane, train or automobile, she was good.” –Marc

She loved hunting and fishing and outdoors at the ranch in Del Rio with family and friends. She was also an adoring hostess to friends and family at their home on the bayou. She was active in the community all of her life. Her passions were her kids and grandkids. She loved gathering at holidays with any and all. She loved organizing slumber parties at the house on the bayou for the “girls”. She traveled with her husband Donnie on adventurous occasions to celebrate their wedding anniversary each September throughout the years.

She was preceded in death by her father Virgil Joseph Calcote and her sister Terri Calcote. Survived by her loving husband Donnie Murrell, mother Margret Calcote, sister Carla Eskew, her stepchildren Marc Murrell (Natasha) and Tonya Motl (Paul), brothers-in-law Randy Murrell (Marcy), Gary Murrell (Sandy), and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Visitation will be held on Friday, February 16, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m at Palms Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at Northway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Angleton Cemetery.