John Anderson Douglass Jr.

John Anderson Douglass Jr, age 76, of Alabaster, Alabama passed away Thursday afternoon May 26, 2016 at UAB CICU. Visitation and services will be held at Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham, Alabama on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00pm with a service immediately following. Rev. Terry Hill will officiate. Burial will be at the Elliottsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Alabaster, Alabama.

John was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. He was part of Huntsville High’s “Golden Class” of 1958. After high school, he attended the University of Alabama - Huntsville as well as Auburn University. John married in Huntsville and saw the birth of his three sons there: John III, Jason and Blaine. He and his family moved to Alabaster, Alabama in 1977.

Some of John’s fondest memories were found on the youth or high school fields of Alabaster. He enjoyed watching or coaching his sons as well as many other kids in the community. John was an integral part of the Alabaster City Youth programs and its development.

John worked for Borden Chemical for 20 plus years before his retirement in 2003. He attended church at Calera First United Methodist Church.

He is preceded in death by his parents John Sr. and Juanita Douglass. John was met with the death of his mother as a child and then his father as a teenager. He and his brother Tommy have much love and respect for their grandmother, Willie Mae Douglass, who raised them both. “Slick,” as his Huntsville friends will refer to him, was determined to do well and he did.

John is also predeceased by his loving middle son, Jason Douglass.

Survivors include his two sons, John Douglass III, Blaine Douglass (Lori); his two beautiful granddaughters he adored, Kendall and Sloane; his brother, Tommy Douglass (Sylvia); as well as several nieces and nephews. He will also be missed by his former wife and friend, Marie Berryhill Douglass.

John loved spending time with his family – especially his granddaughters. It didn’t matter if it was at the ballpark or a beauty pageant, he was always there. He also loved hunting, time at the lake, his Auburn Tigers, and storytelling. He could make you laugh by the way he told the simplest of stories. He will be missed by all that had the pleasure of knowing him. John was truly “one of a kind.”