Obituary

G.E. "Doug" Douglass, 92, of Plainview passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at his home in Plainview. Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at First United Methodist Church sanctuary. Arrangements are under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the funeral home. G.E. was born June 24, 1920, to Joseph and Erma Lou Douglass in Decatur. He graduated from Gainesville High School. In 1942 he graduated from Texas A&M where he was commissioned into the United States Army as a second lieutenant. Following graduation, he enlisted and served as an infantry soldier during World War II. He married Dorothy Lea "Dottie" Crook on May 21, 1943, in an Army chapel at Camp Robinson, Ark. After returning home from the war, he took a job working for the Gulf Oil Corporation. He soon decided that moving his family around wasn't such a good idea. In September 1958 he purchased an oil company in Plainview where he finally settled down. During his years in Plainview he was a member of Lions Club, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce and First United Methodist Church. He is preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Lea "Dottie" Douglass; and one brother, J. Earl Douglass. He is survived by one daughter, Nancy Kersh and husband Ronald of Elizabethtown, Ky.; one son, Ken Douglass and wife Sue of Plainview; one brother, Jack Douglass of Houston; one sister Luann Walden of Burleson; five granddaughters, Jennifer Martin of Elizabethtown, Ky., Melony Bishop of Long Valley, N.J., Melissa Jones of Aledo, Texas, Lindley Herring of Dallas and Sarah Kersh of Nashville, Tenn. Memorials may be made to Honor Flight in care of America Supports You Texas-South Plains Chapter, P.O. Box 94787 Lubbock, TX 79493; First United Methodist Church 1001 W. Seventh St., Plainview, TX 79072; or a charity of your choice.