Dr. Arthur Clyde Douglas, III

Dr. Arthur Clyde Douglas, III Devoted husband, father, brother and grandfather. Arthur Douglas passed away peacefully on Sunday 21 July 2013. Art was born on 1 April 1938 in Denison, Texas to Arthur C. Douglas, Jr. and Lou Ella Douglas, who preceded him in death in 1997 and 1974, respectively. Art enjoyed a happy childhood with his parents and sister, Linda Douglas Peavy. Art starred in football as a quarterback and baseball as a third baseman at Garland High School, graduating in 1956. After graduating from North Texas State University, Art began his lifelong career as an educator by becoming a math teacher and football and baseball coach in the Garland schools, eventually moving to South Garland High School when it opened in 1964. After a brief stint teaching and coaching at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton in the early 1970s, Art began his career as an administrator in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch schools, serving first as the principal of Good Elementary School before moving on to become Principal at DeWitt Perry Junior High. During this time, Art earned his Master's in Education Administration and Doctorate in Education Administration from NTSU (now UNT). In 1979, Art was appointed principal at Duncanville High School and held that post until 1986, when he became a Deputy Superintendent of Duncanville ISD. Art earned the respect and admiration of faculty and students alike at each stop along the way with his strong, fair leadership, dry wit and devotion to the student body. He was an innovator in the development and establishment of Advanced Placement curriculums that gave high school students the opportunity to earn transferrable college credits early. After retiring from the Duncanville schools in 1998, Art served as a curriculum consultant to several school districts and private foundations. In 1970, Art's first wife, Carmyn Douglas Neely, gave birth to Art's only child, Craig McKinney Douglas. Art was an extremely devoted father, and he and Craig enjoyed a rich, loving relationship for the rest of Art's life. They shared a love for sports that led to the creation of scores of beautiful memories. For the last 3 1/2 years, Art immensely enjoyed his only grandchild, Gray McKinney Douglas, who was born in 2009. In 2008, Art found love, happiness and peace when he married his wife Joann Douglas. The couple was always "going and doing" right up to the time of Art's death. Art was deeply devoted to Joann, who was the couple's travel agent, planning their various trips around the country that created so many happy memories. In recent months, Joann took loving care of Art as he struggled with Lewy Body Disease, and the rest of Art's family is so grateful for Joann's presence in his life. Art is survived by his wife, Joann; his son, Craig; his sister, Linda Douglas Peavy and brother-in-law, Carl; his nephews, Greg and Chris Peavy and their families; a stepdaughter, Jacquelyn Jordan Wimmer and a stepson, Michael Jordan from a previous marriage to Beth Jordan Douglas (who predeceased him in 2007); a stepdaughter, Dana Cagle and a stepson, David Cagle, his wife Angie and their four children. Friends and colleagues are cordially invited to a viewing at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas on Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m., with the funeral service to follow in the Restland Chapel on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. Interment will be at the Restland Abbey.