Ouachita-Caldwell County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....DOUGLAS, MARY LOUISE MEREDITH WATSON  September 18, 2008
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MARY LOUISE MEREDITH WATSON DOUGLAS
Riser Funeral Home

Columbia, LA

Services for Mary Louise Meredith Watson Douglas, age 87 of Grayson, will be 
held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, September 21, 2008, from the sanctuary of Grayson 
Baptist Church in Grayson with Rev. Jay Morgan, Rev. Paul Pearson and Rev. 
Thomas Peoples officiating. Interment will follow at Welcome Home Cemetery in 
Grayson.

Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Saturday evening at Riser Funeral Home 
in Columbia.

Ms. Douglas was born in Clarks on April 2, 1941, to the union of Willie Ernest 
and Mary Belle Prestridge Meredith and went home to be with the Lord on 
Thursday, September 18, 2008, at Haven Nursing Center in Columbia.

She was a resident of Caldwell Parish her entire life. She attended school in 
Clarks and later Northeast LA Junior College. As a young woman, she began her 
career with the local sawmill in Clarks and later began her long association 
with Citizens Progressive Bank. She retired from the bank in 2002 after 50 
years of dedicated service. She continued to serve on the Board of Directors 
until 2006. Mary Louise was an active member of Grayson Baptist Church and 
sang in the choir for many years. She was also a 50 year member of the Order 
of Eastern Star White Lily Order, Chapter 129 now the Columbia Chapter No. 
147, a former member of the Caldwell Parish Garden Club and involved with an 
active group of "domino buddies" at the Council on Aging. Most of all "Weese" 
loved her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband; Casper John 
Watson, an infant son and her beloved brother; Ernest Meredith, Jr.

Survivors include her husband; AJ Douglas, step son; Paul Douglas, step 
daughter; Dewana Hamry and her husband, Steve, two step grandchildren; Mark 
Mink and Catherine Mink, her sister-in-law; Mary Jo Meredith, two nieces; Jo 
Caldwell and her husband, Mike and Jan Williamson, great niece; Chris Roberts 
and her husband, Todd, two great nephews; Devin Caldwell and his wife, Tandi 
and John Williamson and six great great nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Devin Caldwell, Paul Douglas, Wayne Henre, Mark Mink, Todd 
Roberts, Tyler Roberts and John Williamson.

Honorary pallbearers are Bennie Ray Cruse, Jerry Meredith, Lyn Meredith, Jay 
Boggan and Howard Strebeck.



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