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Albert W. Douglas

Sep 21, 1922 — Apr 23, 2009

Obituary

Age 86, Lawton - Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church with Dr. William F. Watkins and Chris Cagle, officiating. Colonel Douglas died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Monday at the funeral home. He was born September 21, 1922 in Terry, Mississippi. He graduated from Terry High School and moved to Wewoka, Oklahoma, where he married Margie Crabtree on June 21, 1942. He enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corp in 1942. He served as a bomber pilot in the Philippines during World War II and later served two tours of duty in Korea. He later transferred to the Medical Services Corp and retired at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1969. Following his retirement he worked at Comanche County Memorial Hospital for a brief time before going to work for the First Baptist Church where he worked as the building administrator until his retirement in the mid 1980's. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and a deacon. He is survived by his wife, of the home; four children and their spouses, Gay Lyn and Daryl Cagle, Canyon, Texas, Jim and Jeannie Douglas, Euless, Texas, Ris Ann and Bill Boling, Jr., Lawton, and Terry Douglas, San Diego, California; seven grandchildren, Kendal Draycott, Chris Cagle, Tyler Hicks, Meghan Boling, Erik Sears, Gene Gerlt and Amy McCarty; ten great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, 3800 North May Avenue, Oklahoma City OK 73112-6506.

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