Helen Louise Douglas

Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words, and missed beyond measure.

Memorial services for Helen Louise Douglas, 94, of Lufkin will be held Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Lufkin with Pastor Brian Wiggins officiating. The family will welcome friends and loved ones in the church fellowship hall following the services. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.

Mrs. Douglas was born October 23, 1923 in England, Arkansas to the late Ann Elizabeth (Shingleton) and Corbin Dewey Johnson, and died Sunday, December 31, 2017 in Lufkin.

Mrs. Douglas had resided in Lufkin since 1961. She was a graduate of Longview High School and attended Dodd College in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1987 at the age of 64, she earned an Associates Degree in Art Education from Angelina College. Mrs. Douglas was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity of the Community and Junior College in 1984.

Mrs. Douglas was a loving mother, grandmother, great and great-great-grandmother, and friend. She was passionate about the arts, spending 34 years oil painting, as well as water colors and pastels. The first painting entered in her painting log was “Tea Time”, painted in April 1965, and the last painting in her log was #1677 “Bird Nest”, painted November 1999. She is remembered for her paintings seen in many venues and displayed in many homes. She especially enjoyed all the art courses taught by Mary Read, and made friends with people who loved art as she did. After graduation she continued to sit in and paint with friends in Mary’s art classes. In her later years her creativity found expression through quilting. Mrs. Douglas had been a member of First Presbyterian Church of Lufkin for 56 years.

Survivors include her daughter, Gay Ippolito and husband John of Lufkin; son, Lofton Aldis “Skip” Douglas, Jr. and wife Sheri of Lindale; grandsons, Todd Douglas and wife Shawntell of Houston and Ted Douglas and wife Brittany of Wichita Falls; granddaughters, Laurie Fullen and husband Cary of Tyler, Leslee Mayers and husband Mike of Corvallis, Oregon, Kristy Fancher and husband Scott of Conroe, and Penny Juergen and husband Wesley of Kingwood; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Flight Officer Gordon W. Arnold, killed in action while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II; husband of 53 years, Lofton Aldis “Doug” Douglas; great-grandson, Tanner Douglas; great-granddaughter, Lilah Grace Juergen; and brother, Charles Robert “Bob” Johnson.

The family would like to express appreciation to Dr. Sean Moran, Hospice in the Pines, and Mrs. Douglas’ extended family and caregivers at PineCrest.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 1504 W. Frank Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75904, First Presbyterian Church of Lufkin, 607 Janeway Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75904, or Museum of East Texas, 503 N. Second Street, Lufkin, Texas 75901.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.