John Douglas Logan's Obituary
Born in Tulsa to Dr. Douglas Cowan Logan and Marjorie Eileen Rial. The family moved to Grand Prairie and then to Dallas in 1955. John attended Grand Prairie schools and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas in 1957 where he met and later married his childhood sweetheart Margaret Janet Humphreys. He graduated from East Texas University in Commerce, TX in 1962 earning a B.S. Education in Industrial Arts and 1964 M.S. Secondary Schools Administration. John taught Industrial Arts at Grand Prairie High School in 1964. While attending ETSU he was a Graduate Assistant in the Industrial Arts Department, President of the Ogimas Social Club and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Vice President of the Interfraternity Council, Captain of the East Texas State University Varsity Football Team, and was inducted into the Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Halls of Fame in 2007 and 2008 for 1957 and 1958 Championship Football Teams. John was proud to have been awarded Ugly Man on Campus 1959-1960 and was the first recipient of the ETSU Coach J. V. Sikes “Piss-ant” Award. John was elected Democratic Precinct Chairman in Grand Prairie and attended District and State Conventions. John was a member of the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, the Grand Prairie Planning and Zoning Commission, and was elected to the Grand Prairie City Council in the 1980s. John was part of the initial effort to gain approval for funding of Joe Pool Lake and Loop 9 (Highway 161). John’s work experience for 50 years was in Material Handling, including ownership of American Shelving and Liquidators, Inc. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Margaret Janet Humphreys Logan. Daughter Margaret Beret Logan and Grandson John Isaac. Daughter Kayla Fuselier, Son-in-Law Dennis Fuselier, and Granddaughter Amanda Fuselier of Broussard, LA. Sister Alice Louise Fugitt of Plano, TX. Brother Frederick Goodall Logan of Arlington, TX. Sister- in-Law Jimmie Jean Gilbert and Brother-in-Law Joseph T. Gilbert. Sister-in-Law Anita Humphreys of Copper Canyon, TX. Numerous nieces and nephews. John is also survived by his lifelong classmates, golfing buddies, and his extended family at American Shelving. The service will be held at 2:30 PM, Saturday, January 28, 2017 in The Memorial Chapel at Restland Funeral Home and officiated by Reverend Deborah Morgan Stokes. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, at Restland Road, Dallas, TX 75243.
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