Gladys Onedia (Cook) Douglass

Gladys Onedia Cook Douglass, resident of Wilmington, Illinois, former resident of the Somerville Community and wife of the late Charles Douglass, departed this life Saturday evening August 2, 2014 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Illinois, following a courageous battle with ALS.

Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Douglass will be conducted at 2 Saturday afternoon at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with visitation two hours before services. Interment will be in the Hood Cemetery in the Warren Community. Arrangements will be provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center - West Chapel at Oakland.

Born March 13, 1935 in Somerville, Gladys was a daughter of the late Eli Franklin Cook and Carles Mary (Carnathan) Cook. She was raised and educated in Somerville and on June 22, 1952, Gladys married Charles Douglass in Mississippi. She was a member of the Oakland Church of Christ in Tennessee and the Wilmington Church of Christ in Illinois. Gladys enjoyed baking, cooking and sewing, and will be remembered for always being there for everybody. She cherished time spent with her family.

Survivors include her two children: Trish Hall and Charlie (Debbie) Douglass, both of Wilmington, Illinois; five grandchildren: Cheryl (Mike) Larson, Nancy Hall and Doug Hall, all of Wilmington, Illinois, Nathanial (Kim) Douglass of Dallas, Texas and Jeffrey Douglass (Stephanie Price) of Phoenix, Arizona; four great grandchildren: Katie Hall, Kody Patterson, Destiny Hall and Kaleb Patterson; one brother Larry Joe (Edna) Cook and one aunt Cleo McNabb, both of Somerville, and brothers and sisters-in-law: Myrna (J.T.) Minor of Moscow, Nona Ann Cook of Macon and Joyce (Joe) Wilburn and Herron Douglass, both of Somerville, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law Bob Hall; brothers: Ernest (Dixie) Cook and Lealton Cook, and sisters: Elaine (Claude) Bryant, Dessie (Kenny) German, Vernell (John) Oates, Marie (Azel) Martin and one sister in infancy.

The family requests that memorials be directed to Gladys’ memory at The ALS Association, 1275 K Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20005.