James "Doug" Douglass McCallum, Jr. 's Obituary
James "Doug" Douglass McCallum, Jr., age 71 of Newberry passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020. He was born January 14, 1949 in Gainesville to James Douglas and Mildred Stewart McCallum.
Doug attended Gainesville High School and Santa Fe Community College. He was in the first Soapbox derby in Gainesville. He was a member of the Gainesville Demolay. Doug lived in Houston for 21 years where he had an architectural woodworking company. He retired in 2003 and moved to Newberry. He proudly served in the United States Army in Vietnam.
Doug is survived by his wife, Margaret Hodges McCallum; brother Mitch (Gwen) McCallum; mother-in-law, Ruby Hunt; two sisters-in-law, Joyce (Terry) Pool and Ann (Don) Willis; niece, Ana Marie; nephews, Tim, Chris, Pierson, John, Joshua, and Tony; great-nieces and nephews, Briana, Abigail, Kate, Timothy, Logan, Gavin, Grayson, Jack and Lucas, Doug is also survived by aunts and uncles, Mary Helen McCallum, Joyce McCallum, Herman, and Velma Creamer, Clarine Cannon, Lillie (Greg) Clark, Tommy (Sandra) Cannon, Ann Cannon, Thelma Cannon, and step-grandmother, Maggie Cannon and numerous first and second cousins.
The family will receive friends Monday, June 1, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Williams-Thomas Funeral Home Downtown, 404 North Main Street. The funeral home will respect COVID-19 mandates to keep everyone safe. A PRIVATE service will be held Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. The service will be live-streamed on Facebook. His service event page is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2973950839385176/. When you mark yourself as "going", you will automatically be notified when the live stream begins. For those that do not have Facebook, a direct link to the live stream will be provided here a few minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow at Forest Meadows East Cemetery on Hawthorne Road.
Direct link to live service: https://www.facebook.com/112749393781461/videos/2671059946549720/?v=2671059946549720¬if_id=1591098569127840¬if_t=live_video_explicit
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