Douglas Carroll Shukers

Douglas Carroll Shukers, left this earth on March 4, 2025, to go to his Heavenly Father and meet with family members who have gone on before him.

Doug was preceded in death by: his father, Carroll Franklin Shukers, II; his mother, Peggy Joyce (Young) Shukers; his sister, Jackie (Shukers) Winn; his paternal grandparents, Carroll Franklin Shukers & Leola (Harshfield) Shukers; his maternal grandparents, Louis Young & Lorena Young; his nephew, Erik Canada; his stepfather-in-law, Gary B. Cooper; and his father-in-law, W. Dwayne Crisp.

Doug is survived by his wife of 50 years, Debbie (Crisp) Shukers; his son, Douglas Carroll Shukers, II & wife Tara; his granddaughter, Desiree N. Shukers & fiancée Morrison E. Wells; brother, Kevin E. Shukers & wife Nancy; his brother-in-law, Mike Winn; 2 nieces,7 nephews,5 grand-nieces, and 1 grand-nephew; his mother-in-law, Cleta F. (Turner) Cooper; and a host of beloved family and friends.

Doug graduated from DeQueen High School as a Leopard but attended Murfreesboro High School in his 10th grade year where he met his future wife, Debbie. After graduating on Friday night, he married his high school sweetheart two days later on Sunday afternoon, May 25,1975.

They both attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and after starting their young family, they left Arkansas to travel the world, living in Alaska, Colorado, Florida and returning to Arkansas to retire – where Doug continued to travel in their RV with Debbie and the fur babies and remained a diehard Razorback fan his entire life.

Doug loved to grow and tend to his tropicana roses and had a knack for growing them wherever they lived. He was an avid motorcycle rider and loved to work on and attend Antique & Classic Car shows and NASCAR races. He appreciated all genre of music, and they would travel to all types of musical concerts from Pink Floyd to John Fogerty to Bluegrass Festivals, and he was always up for 18 holes of golf and tried to find time to play all over the world and anywhere they traveled.

But the one thing that Doug loved most in his life was his family. His son, his granddaughter and his wife were the most important people in the world to him. They were his life, and he loved nothing more than having a houseful of family and friends.

A ‘Celebration of Life Visitation’ will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Latimer Funeral Home in Murfreesboro. A private interment will be held at a later date.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: The Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Burn Unit Little Rock, Arkansas