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Douglas Craig Millsaps, age 54, passed away unexpectedly in Johnson City, Tennessee, on Friday, August 16, 2024. He was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and a son of Raymond Millsaps, Elizabethton, and the late Imogene Jordan Millsaps.

 Doug married the former Sharon Bennett on September 17, 1994, and moved to Jonesborough, Tennessee where he made his home for nearly 30 years.

 He had an early career in X-ray processing, working for Southern X-Ray, RadTech, and Diagnostic Imaging, and ended a 25-year career at Johnson City Medical Center earlier this year, where his greatest joy was talking to patients he met and sharing stories about fishing and hunting.

 Doug was an avid fisherman and hunter who was happier and at peace in the woods or on the water than any other place on earth.

 Proceeding him in death are his son, Matthew Hunter Millsaps; his mother, Imogene; and father-in-law, Bobby Jack Bennett.

 In addition to his father, survivors include his wife, Sharon Bennett Millsaps; daughter and son-in-law, Sara Elizabeth and Hunter Carr; brother, David Millsaps; mother-in-law, Kathy Bennett; uncle, David Cooper; nephew, Davis Webb; a host of cousins and special friends, Ed Cobb, David Good, Will Hampton, Perry Jernigan, Philip Cornell, Richie Bartosh, and Carlos and Gary Campbell.

 It was Doug’s request to have no formal service and to be cremated, with his ashes spread in his favorite fishing spot in the Dennis Cove area of Hampton.

 The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, at Cherry Grove Baptist Church, 104 Cherry Grove Road, Jonesborough, Tennessee.

 In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests memorial donations be made to: Ronald McDonald House, 535 Alabama Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105.

 Condolences may be sent to the Millsaps family online at www.dillow-taylor.com

 Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, TN 423-753-3821.