Neama Marie (Ball) Douglas, 93, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010.
She was born June 2, 1917, in Neodesha, to George and Nellie (Johnson) Ball.
She began piano lessons at age eight and was cooking, cleaning, sewing and gardening by age 10. She was saved at age 11 and spent her life focused on serving God.
In 1934 she graduated from Neodesha High School and on Sept. 2, 1934, she married Charles Douglas. Their life together was spent starting new churches and pastoring in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Louisiana. She played the piano and organ, sang with her husband, taught Sunday school classes, visited in homes and entertained in their home. He retired in 1994 due to poor health. He died in 1996.
She was an avid reader and liked to quilt.
In 1999 she moved into a garage apartment where she lived until February 2008 when she became a resident of Windsor Place.
She is survived by two sons, Stephen and his wife, Cecelia, and Stanley, Iola; four granddaughters, Rachelle and her husband, Randy, Dawsonville, Ga., Janelle and her husband, Lewis Goins, Oswego, and Jenna White and Emma Douglas, Iola; a grandson, Paul Douglas, Iola; and four great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters.
Four brothers, Earl, Ernest, Jack and Frank, and a great-grandson died earlier.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Parkview Holiness Church. Funeral service will be at 10 o’clock at the church.
Graveside services will be at 12:30 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.
Memorials to Independence Bible School may be left at Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel in Chanute. To leave a message for the family online visit PenwellGabelChanute.com.
Neama Douglas
