Charles R. Douglass

Charles Richard Douglass was born August 6, 1946, to Grover and Florabell Douglass in Kansas City, MO.

His mother passed away in November 1946, and a good friend of the family, Cora Holmes, took Charles in.

He was a proud member of the Kansas City, Missouri School District. He attended WW Yates Elementary School and graduated from Manuel High School in 1966, and he loved his class.

Charles worked for Pepsi Cola for forty-four years before eventually retiring in 2013.

Charles was full of life and had a passion for music, at an early age he started playing the drums in the “Drum and Bugle Corp” in high school and later turned that passion into playing for his church and the group “Heaven Bound Travelers.”

Charles gave his life to Christ as a member of Grace Spiritual Temple and later rededicated his life when he became a member of Evangelistic Center. As a faithful member of Evangelistic Center Charles served on the Usher Board and was a regular attendee of the Men’s Sunday School Class.

While Charles was never married and had no children, he played a significant role in the lives of his nieces and nephews who affectionately called him “Uncle Chuck” or “Unk.”

He and his sister Shirley were close, and she was there by his side until his transition. Charles loved his family, friends, and classmates and will be greatly missed.

He was proceeded in death by his father Grover Douglass, mother Florabell Douglass, and adoptive mother Cora Holmes.

He leaves to mourn his passing, one sister Shirley J. Jackson (Kansas City, MO); one brother Sylvester Ellis (Kansas City, MO); two nephews: Vincent Douglass (Phoenix, AZ) and HG Franklin II (Dionte) (Shepherdstown, WV); one niece Kimberly Woods (Kansas City, MO); three great nieces: Kiya Woods, Keirsen Franklin and Alexandria Carthen-Franklin; 3 great nephews: Gregory Miller II, Nehemiah Douglass, and two Sonphew: Todriq Locke and Quinton Franklin; as well as one great great niece Alexis Cox. He also leaves to mourn his passing three niece-in-loves: Beverly Elder, Alison Mills, and Toddrea Buchanan: two cousins: Winnie Willis and Beverly Strother, and host of friends and family as well as his beloved Manuel High Class of 1966.