| Name |
Douglas Bernard “Sheet” JAMES [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Birth |
1914 |
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
He graduated from the University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina and was a member of the USC basketball and baseball teams. [5] |
| HIST |
of Sumter, South Carolina He served as past president with the following: The Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Sumter Red Cross and YMCA. He was a commander of American Legion Post 15. He was a member of and served as chairman of the Sumter Gamecock Club. He organized the first Little League baseball program. He served as chairman of the Little League Commission for 25 years and chairman of the American Legion Baseball Commission. He was the first recipient of the John J. Riley Award for service to youth in Sumter County and was inducted into the Sumter Athletic Hall of Fame. [1, 5] |
| MILI |
He was a World War II veteran and retired from the Air Force Reserve. [5] |
| Occupation |
He was a retired agent with Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company of Sumter and a charter member of Jefferson Pilot Hall of Fame. |
| _UID |
5CB947FF67624097980DC1125D4FD1EEDE31 |
| Death |
18 Jun 2000 |
NHC Healthcare of Sumter, South Carolina |
| Burial |
22 Jun 2000 [5] |
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| Person ID |
I76285 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
10 May 2007 |
1914 - 2000 (86 years)