Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
May 16, 1968
Mrs. Annie Douglas
Mrs. Annie Champie Douglas, native of Arizona and member of a pioneer family prominent in the early history of Yavapai County, died at 8 a.m. May 11, in a Tucson hospital. Death followed what was first thought to be a mild heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Champie, Mrs. Douglas was born 73 years ago in Columbia, Ariz., now a ghost camp. For many years she and her late husband, Clyde, had a guest ranch near Castle Hot Springs where they entertained many people famous in literature and the entertainment world. Later they operated a cattle ranch on the Hassayampa north of the White Tanks. About 10 years ago they retired to Wickenburg. After Mr. Douglas' death in 1965, she moved to Tucson.
Survivors include a son, George, and three grandchildren, all of Nogales. Their immediate relatives are four sisters, Mrs. Emma Stivers, Hemet, Calif.; Mrs. Bessie Morgan, Mrs. Fred (Clair) Cordes and Mrs. Thomas (Gertrude) Walker, all of Glendale and two brothers, Lawton and George Champie of Castle Hot Springs.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
May 16, 1968
Mrs. Annie Douglas
Mrs. Annie Champie Douglas, native of Arizona and member of a pioneer family prominent in the early history of Yavapai County, died at 8 a.m. May 11, in a Tucson hospital. Death followed what was first thought to be a mild heart attack.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and burial followed in the Wickenburg Cemetery.
The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Champie, Mrs. Douglas was born 73 years ago in Columbia, Ariz., now a ghost camp. For many years she and her late husband, Clyde, had a guest ranch near Castle Hot Springs where they entertained many people famous in literature and the entertainment world. Later they operated a cattle ranch on the Hassayampa north of the White Tanks. About 10 years ago they retired to Wickenburg. After Mr. Douglas' death in 1965, she moved to Tucson.
Survivors include a son, George, and three grandchildren, all of Nogales. Their immediate relatives are four sisters, Mrs. Emma Stivers, Hemet, Calif.; Mrs. Bessie Morgan, Mrs. Fred (Clair) Cordes and Mrs. Thomas (Gertrude) Walker, all of Glendale and two brothers, Lawton and George Champie of Castle Hot Springs.
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Wife of Clyde, Mother of George, Grandmother of Donald Clyde, Lee Edward and Sue Ann
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