Farris Kenneth Douglas was born December 6, 1921 in Sebastian Co., Ar. to Lewis Franklin Dean & Ethel Caroline Dran Piercy Douglas. January 20, 1940 in Sebastian County he married Dorothy May Hooper. Farris registered for the military draft February 16, 1942 at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. He enlisted in the US Army May 25, 1943 and served until January 11, 1946. April 17, 2008 Farris passed away at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. His burial was in Oak Valley Cemetery, Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. ---------------------------------- Mr. Farris Kenneth Douglas of Lavaca(Sebastian County), Arkansas, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 in a local nursing home. He was 86 years old. Mr. Douglas was born in 1921 to the late Lee and Ethel Douglas. He was a carpenter/farmer/ and a retired worker for Gerber Products Company in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Mr. Douglas also was a United States ARMY veteran. He was a faithful member and deacon of 1st Baptist Church of Lavaca. When he retired, Mr. Douglas loved to go to garage sales and going to the County Line Sale on Wednesdays, where he made many new friends. During his retirement, he sold bicycles and tools in his yard. And many a children in Lavaca got thier first bike from Mr. Douglas. Farris was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife of 64 years: Dorothy Douglas; and one son: Lowell Douglas. He is survived by five daughters: Lynda Gayle Brown and her husband Herbert, Bevelyn Hearn, and Kendra Fulmer and her husband, Kim, all of Lavaca, Arkansas, and Kay Strozier and her husband, Ruben and Donna Douglas, all of Greenwood, Arkansas; one son: Dane Douglas and his wife, Tina of Lavaca, Arkansas; 15 wonderful grandchildren: Glynieta, Elygenia, Karren, Cliftina, Kenneth, Carol, Mylissia, Katheryn, Lydell, Robert, Clyfton, Bobby, Derenda, Brian, and Miranda; 24 precious great-grandchildren; 10 very special great-great-grandchildren; 6 step grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; and 15 step-great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 2:00p.m. at the 1st Baptist Church of Lavaca. Burial was held at Oak Valley Cemetery, just south of Lavaca. Pallbearers were: Kenneth Burris, Robert Lovell, Clyfton Hearn, Bobby and Brian Douglas, and Aaron Price.