James Marvin Dougless

SERVICES: 10:30 AM Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rodney Tedford, minister of the Mary Ellen & Harvester Church of Christ, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Military rites will be accorded by the U. S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas, and graveside rites are courtesy of the Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF & AM. Honorary pallbearers will be Russell Sean Davis, Jimmy Dougless, Robert Dougless, Russell Dougless, Joshua Dougless, Dylan Dougless and Shane Davis.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Dougless was born March 20, 1920 to Marvin Eugene & Hettie Dougless in Wizard Wells, Texas. He married Tampa Kenner Davis on January 6, 1951 in Pampa. They lived in Pampa for 50 years. In 2002, he moved to Hobbs, New Mexico. He was a retired drilling and completion foreman for Diamond Shamrock and Maxxus Energy, and was a member of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union 654 of Abilene. Jim served honorably in the U. S. Army Air Force during World War II with the 405th Fighter Squadron and the 34th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron. He participated in campaigns in Northern France, Normandy, the Rhineland, and the central European air offensive. He enlisted in 1941 and was discharged as a sergeant in 1946. He was a member of the Pampa Masonic Lodge #966 AF & AM, and the Mary Ellen & Harvester Church of Christ. He was a former board member of the Freedom Museum USA and had been active with the Pampa Army Air Force Reunion. His wife of 50 years, Tampa Dougless, his parents, a brother Pete Dougless, and a sister Gladys Rockwell, preceded him in death.SURVIVORS: 3 Sons: Russell Davis & wife Joyce and James Kirk Dougless & wife Bobbi, all of Amarillo, and Robert (Bobby) Dougless & wife Polly of Hobbs, New Mexico. Grandchildren: Russell Sean Davis, Shane Davis, Jennifer Wilkerson, Jill Wardlow, Jimmy Dougless, Robert Dougless, Russell Dougless, Kristi Summers, Nikki Summers, Amanda Summers, Joshua Dougless, and Dylan Dougless. 11 Great-Grandchildren. 1 Sister: Cleatta Murtaugh of Fort Worth.MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, P.O. Box 1890, Amarillo, Texas 79174.