Harry G. Douglas

Van Alstyne Leader
October 9, 1959
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HARRY DOUGLAS LAID TO REST HERE THUESDAY

Memorial services for Harry ? Douglas, 46, were held in the First Christian Church here Tuesday morning at 10, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Ken Britt. Serving as active pallbearers were his cousins, Roy Pitt of Oklahoma City; Paul Pitt of Texas City, Lloyd Douglas of Denton, Bill Douglas and Glen Douglas of Sherman, and Weldon Bowen of Gunter. Interment was in the Van Alstyne City Cemetery under the direction of the Flesher Funeral Home.
Mr. Douglas passed away in the Memorial Hospital in Midland last Saturday at 4:15 p.m. Funeral services were held Monday morning at ten in the First Christian Church of Midland, of which the deceased was a member and a deacon. His pastor praised his sterling character and his usefulness in the church as well as ten years work in various Boy Scout activities.
Mr. Douglas was born in Van Alstyne on Dec. 27, 1912, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Douglas. He was reared here, being a graduate of Van Alstyne High School, and then received his degree in pharmacy at the Capitol School of Pharmacy Denver, Colorado. While employed in a pharmacy in Durant, Oklahoma, he was united in marriage in 1936 with Miss Florence Teague. The family lived in MIdland the past eight years, during which Mr. Douglas was a salesman representing the Behren Drug Co. He is survived by his wife, by two sons, Dan and Tommy; and by two brothers, John Douglas and Bo Douglas, both of Van Alstyne.