Douglas, David Preston 


Services for David Preston Douglas, 62, of Gladewater, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, 
January 31, 2006, at Welch Funeral Home with Dr. Jay McCasland officiating. Burial 
will follow in Summerfield Cemetery. Mr. Douglas died Saturday in a local hospital. 
Mr. Douglas was born December 6, 1943, to Johnnie Preston and Marie Goforth Douglas 
in Abilene. He had been a resident of East Texas since 1992, and attended North 
Longview Baptist Church. Mr. Douglas was also a member of the Choctaw Indian Tribe 
and enjoyed restoring classic cars. He was preceded in death by his father; 
grandchildren, Chase and Autumn Farley; and brother, Dyle Douglas. Mr. Douglas is 
survived by his wife, Gloria Douglas of Gladewater; mother and stepfather, Marie 
Douglas Lynch and husband, Eddie; daughter and son-in-law, Melonie and Bubba Smith, 
all of Hobbs, New Mexico; grandchildren, Meagan, Holden and Chesney, all of Hobbs, 
New Mexico; mother-in-law, Evelyn Johnson of Longview; brother and sister-in-law, 
Marvin and Rita Johnson of Lufkin; brother-in-law, Champ Johnson; and brother and 
sister-in-law, Donnie and Shari Johnson, all of Longview; stepbrother, Bart Lynch 
of Hobbs, New Mexico; and numerous cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. The 
family will receive friends at 6 p.m. today, January 30, 2006, at Welch Funeral 
Home. An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on 
the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/30/2006.