Claude Preston Douglass Obituary

Claude Preston Douglass, born on October 13, 1935, passed away on June 26, 2026. Claude leaves behind family members and others who acknowledge this loss. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Charlie Claude "C. C." and Etha Lillian Clark Douglass; his siblings, Willie B. Douglass, Dorothy Linderman and Joy Green; and his grandson Alex Douglass.

He is survived by: his wife Emily Joyce Davis Douglass; his children, Cindy Cocke (Hamblette), Randy Douglass (Lisa) and Jack Douglass (Melissa); his grandchildren, Daniel Cocke (Annie), Catherine O'Donohue (Tom), Davis Cocke (Lauren), Abby Odom (Will), Julie Anne Holt (David), Blake Douglass (Mary Katherine) and Chad Douglass of Somerville, TN.; his great grandchildren, Maggie Odom of Somerville, TN, Caury Cocke of Mason, TN, Crawford, Graham, Adeline Holt, Max, Allie O'Donohue of Knoxville, TN and Preston Douglass of Union City, TN.; and his brothers, Wallace Douglass of Atoka, TN and Charlie Douglass of Maryville, TN..

The family requests memorials be directed to First Baptist Church of Somerville, 12685 Main Street, Somerville, TN 38068 or the Mt. Olive Cemetery, 514 Oak Street, Somerville, TN 38068.