Violet Mae (Branson) Douglas, 90, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2015, with loved ones at her side. She was born May 4, 1925, to Walter and Julia (McGuire) Branson in Texas County, Mo., near Ft. Leonard Wood.
She grew up in the White Rock community, was a member of Oak Hill Christian Church and graduated from Houston High School in 1944. She married Gerald Douglas on March 21, 1945, and was the mother of five children.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, James Walter Douglas; a grandson, James Benjamin Douglas; and five of her siblings, Harold Branson, Velda Lorene Williams, Edith Collins, Doris Douglas, Jane Harman and Robert Branson.
She is survived by two sisters, Hazel Smith of Longview, Texas, and Vera June Hulett of Milwaukee, Wis.; as well as her children, Larry and Marla Douglas of Pearland, Texas, Sandra Missey of Sedalia, Mo., Jaci and Perry Hurley of Greenwood, Mo., and Tom and Sherri Douglas of Sedalia, Mo. Some of the greatest joys of her life were her 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Violet and Gerald moved to the St. Louis area following the end of WWII. They resided there for 20 years before returning to the Houston area. She worked for several years at Hungry Holler making some of the best homemade biscuits and gravy around.
Violet loved to sew and quilt. She passed many hours quilting with her friends at the White Rock Schoolhouse and the Houston Senior Center, often going home to work on yet another quilting project.
Visitation is 10-11 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at Evans Funeral Home with services to follow at 11 a.m. with Don Crockett officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Pallbearers are Steven Haag, Doug Hurley, Mike Schaffer, Andrew Hurley, Jacob Douglas, and Bryton Douglas.
Online condolences may be made at www.evansfh.com. Services were under the direction of Evans Funeral Home.
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