Funeral service for Jim Douglas will be 9:30 a.m. Friday, August 7, 2015 in the Becker Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chris Cagle, Community Bible Church, San Antonio, Texas officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin. Jim Douglas, age 67, died Monday, August 3, 2015, in North Richland Hills, Texas. He was born February 3, 1948 in Wewoka, Oklahoma, to Albert William and Margie (Crabtree) Douglas. Jim grew up as a child in a military family and moved often. He attended his sophomore and junior years of high school at Lawton High School and graduated high school in Junction City, Kansas. He later attended Kansas State University and earned his bachelors degree from West Texas State University and his master's degree from Baylor University. He married Jeannie Innes on July 25, 1997 in Lawton. Jim enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and was a veteran of Vietnam. He served as a helicopter pilot and was shot down several different times. His awards include the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. Following his discharge from the Army he served a short time in the U.S. Air Force. Jim had worked with the Veterans Administration Hospital in both Waco and Amarillo as a counselor and also taught creative writing at both Cameron and Baylor Universities. Walking to the beat of his own drummer Jim enjoyed many things: fly-fishing, poetry, racing, reading, nature and photography to list a few. He was a published writer of poetry and short stories. Jim was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend and will forever be our hero Vaya con Dios. He is survived by his wife, Jeannie; three children, Erik and wife Maggie, Gene and wife Robin and Amy and husband Brad; six grandchildren, Owen Albert, Josephine, Whitney, Aidan, Ryan and Caleb; two great grandchildren, Brenya and Millie; his siblings and their spouses, Gay Lyn and Daryl Cagle, Ris Ann and Bill Boling, Jr. and Terry Douglas; several nieces and nephews. His parents preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for creative writing students at Cameron University, 2800 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton OK 73505.