8. | Burley Greely Douglas was born on 30 Nov 1891 in Riverside, Warren Co., Kentucky (son of George Washington Douglas and Helen M Morgan); died on 17 Mar 1964 in Plantation, Broward Co., Florida; was buried on 24 Mar 1964 in The Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana. Notes:
Burley G. Douglas was born Burleough G. Douglas, however he went by the name of Burley his entire life. He was raised by his grandparents, James T. and Celia Douglas after his mothers death when he was only five months old. This brought about a confrontational situation between the Douglases and the Morgans, parents of his mother Helen Morgan Douglas. This situation apparently still exist today.
Burley sold insurance for many years in Jeffersonville and New Albany Indiana and he retired as a district manger of the Georgia Life Insurance company
Birth:
Three months after his birth, his mother was killed by lighting and he was raised by his grandparents, Celia and James T. Douglas. It is not known why his father, George W. Douglas who remarried, did not raise him with his second family.
Died:
He died of a heart attack after an illness of four years at 9:30 PM at his home, pronounced dead at Broward General Hospital.
Burley married Ada Belle Herald on 21 Dec 1909 in Warren Co., Kentucky. Ada was born on 25 May 1893 in Richardsville, Warren Co., Kentucky; died on 25 Mar 1974 in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward Co., Florida; was buried on 29 Mar 1974 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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