John W. ‘Johnny’ Douglas Jr.

Published 6:00 am Monday, March 29, 2004

Services for John W. ‘Johnny’ Douglas Jr. of Bogue Chitto are 11a.m., Monday, March 29, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel withburial in Wellman Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 5-10 p.m., and Monday from 8-11 a.m.,at the funeral home.

Mr. Douglas, 76, died March 27, 2004, at King’s DaughtersMedical Center. He was born in Brookhaven on July 11, 1927, to JohnW. Douglas Sr. and Thelma Case Douglas.

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He was a retired dairy farmer and truck driver. He was a memberof Wellman Baptist Church. He was a Navy veteran with service inWorld War II.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Joanna MayersDouglas; a son, James Jeffery Douglas; a sister, Janie DouglasBailey; and his brother, David Douglas.

Survivors are his sons, Jerome Douglas and Jason Douglas, bothof Brookhaven, and Joseph Douglas of Riverside, Calif.; his sister,Nita Douglas Herrington of Brookhaven; seven grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.