Finis Lee Douglas

Obit- Finis L. Douglas, of 3335 Black Oak Circle, owner of Byrne and Company on Frazier Avenue, died Monday morning in a local hospital. He was a member of the Northside Church of Christ where he served as a deacon, a bible teacher and a member of the building and budget committees. He was born in Bledsoe County in 1918 and was the son of the late John and Angiline Douglas. A graduate of Bledsoe County High School, he married the former Jewell Reed, daughter of Willie S. Reed, a Pikeville, Tenn, Businessman. Mr. Douglas and his wife moved to Chattanooga in 1940 where he attended the Chattanooga Technical Institute and studied drafting and mechanics while working for Byrne and Co., then located at 7th and Chestnut, the company of which he later became owner. Survivors are his wife Jewell Reed Douglas; son, Wayne Lee Douglas; on granddaughter, Donna Lee Douglas; three brothers, Zura, Ransom (Dock) and Earl Douglas; one sister, Ora Mae Douglas Drew, all of Chattanooga. Services will be held at 1pm Wednesday in the Northside Church of Christ with Ministers Robert Buchanan and Lester Massey officiating. Interment will be in Pikeville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Cade, Roy Rogers, John Stoner, Tracey Stone, Grover MNills, Bob Dawkins, Frank Harris and James Shepherd. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Joyner, Emitt Gold, J.B. Wiseman, Fred Chandler, Wayne Simpson and Edd Stone. Arrangements by the North Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home.