Peter + Alma Helen Douglas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

lived two years in Boston before returning to Birmingham for the remainder of their 55 years of marriage.

survived by nineteen grandchildren: Paul Owings, Rachel O. Bahr [Greg], Wesley Douglas [Ruth], Gilbert Douglas IV [Stacy], Sarah Martin, Phillip Douglas, Douglas Owings, James Douglas [Georgianne], Gray Douglas, Robert Martin, Rosemary Douglas, Douglas Martin [Mary Beth], John Douglas, Daniel Douglas, Heather Martin, Samuel Douglas, Laura Douglas, Stephen Gaudette, and Andrew Gaudette; and three great-grandchildren, Taylor Owings, James Douglas, Jr., and Bryson Douglas.

Died:
Cause of death:cardiac arrest

Gilbert married Sarah Amanda Phillips in 1946. Sarah (daughter of Herbert Winston Phillips and Alma Carmichael) was born on 29 Mar 1924 in Ensley, Alabama, USA; died on 25 Dec 2009 in Erin, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah Amanda Phillips Douglas, 85, died December 25, 2009 in Erin, Tennessee. She was born March 29, 1924, in Ensley, Alabama, daughter of the late Alma Carmichael Phillips and the late Herbert Winston Phillips. A graduate of Fairfield High School (1939), Mrs. Douglas received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama (1942) and a Bachelor of Music degree from Birmingham Southern College (1943). She did post-graduate work at Juilliard School of Music. After her marriage (1946) to Gilbert Franklin Douglas, Jr., M.D., they lived two years in Boston before returning to Birmingham for the remainder of their 55 years of marriage.

Known to many as "Sally", Mrs. Douglas dedicated her life to her family, faith, and community. Sally passed on her love of music to her children, her grandchildren, and hundreds of piano students. For decades she served as pianist for her church, Reformed Heritage Presbyterian Church (now Trinity Presbyterian Church), played for countless civic events, and performed with the Birmingham Piano Quartet. She was an active member of the Alabama Music Teachers' Association, Bush Hills Music Club, Caledonian Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Eagle Forum of Alabama, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, and Women's Committee of 100.

Mrs. Douglas was predeceased by both her husband and her brother, Winston Monroe Phillips. Sally is survived by her sister, Dorothy Phillips Mauney [Miles]; two sons, Gilbert F. Douglas, III [Cynthia] and Herbert W. Douglas [Tad]; four daughters, Elizabeth D. Martin [Daniel], Amanda D. Daily [Byron], Alma D. Gaudette [Peter], and Dorothy D. Taft [James]. She is also survived by nineteen grandchildren: Paul Owings, Rachel O. Bahr [Greg], Wesley Douglas [Ruth], Gilbert Douglas IV [Stacy], Sarah Martin, Phillip Douglas, Douglas Owings, James Douglas [Georgianne], Gray Douglas, Robert Martin, Rosemary Douglas, Douglas Martin [Mary Beth], John Douglas, Daniel Douglas, Heather Martin, Samuel Douglas, Laura Douglas, Stephen Gaudette, and Andrew Gaudette; and three great-grandchildren, Taylor Owings, James Douglas, Jr., and Bryson Douglas.

Gilbert + Mary Rachel Griffin. Mary (daughter of Cornelius Capers Griffin and Edie Elizabeth McKay) was born about 1888; died in 1975 in Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert + Alma Carmichael. Alma was born before 1924; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]