Raymond Douglas Fulkerson

Raymond Douglas Fulkerson, 72, passed away Aug. 1, 2024, at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, CO.

Doug was born on Oct. 30, 1951, to Raymond Fulkerson and Barbara D. Bentley Fulkerson in Spartanburg, SC. After Doug graduated from Sough High School in Willoughby, OH, he went on to work for several companies in northeast Ohio and ended up retiring from Grayson County Schools in Leitchfield, KY in 2014.

He was an avid reader. As a kid he loved to read his Tom Swift books, any book about space or ham radios and even the Encyclopedia Britannica's. Doug would read about making anything he could from scratch-- flashlights, radios, kites, planes, and everything else his imagination could come up with. He spent a lot of time on his Grandparents farm in western Ky. A long-ago favorite night was a cold, snowy Christmas eve. Doug led his Mom and little sister out to an old wagon near the back yard to search the night sky for the Christmas Star. During the hunt for that star, Doug would ramble off the names of all the other stars in that beautiful dark sky.

He gave his heart to the Lord when he was around 12. Which turned out to be the best thing, not just for him, but for everyone around him. For the Lord blessed him with such a wonderful, beautiful tenor voice. He'd sing anywhere and everywhere, and people loved listening. 

Doug came to live in CO in 2020. His Mom, Barbara went to be with the Lord in 2010 and his Dad, Ray, followed in 2014. So, he came to live near his sister and brother-in-law, Sherri, and Dewey Farmer. He leaves behind his sister, Sherri Farmer of Montrose, CO; his Aunt, Linda Fulkerson, Leitchfield, KY; and wonderful cousins in IN, KY and TN.

One of the best songs Doug would sing was a Bill Gaither song called "Going Home". The lyrics for the chorus were: "Going Home, I'm going home. There is nothing to hold me here. I've caught a glimpse, of that Heavenly land. Praise God, I'm going home." 

Praise God! Doug gets to praise his God in that Heavenly home!