William Wesley Douglas, M.D., 82, of the 600 block of Montebello Circle, passed away September 15, 2010, in a local hospital. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, he was the son of the late Dr. Gilbert and Mary Douglas. He graduated from Birmingham Southern College with a B.S. in Chemistry, the University of Alabama with a M.S. in Biology and his M.D. degree. He served his residency in Pathology at the University of Alabama and the Philadelphia General Hospital, his residency in OB-Gyn at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and the University of Oklahoma Hospital, his residency in Psychiatry at the VA Hospital, North Little Rock, Arkansas and Dean's Committee Hospital at the University of Arkansas. He was a Professor of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatric Dept. at the UVA School of Medicine in Charlottesville. He was Medical Director at Catawba Hospital in Catawba, VA, and the Chief of Psychiatry Service at the VA Medical Center in Salem, VA. His also served in the US Air Force as a flight surgeon. Dr. Douglas is survived by his beloved wife of 32 years, Joyce Norsworthy Douglas of Chesapeake, VA; two daughters, Judy Spergel and husband Michael and Deborah Esposito and husband Louis, all of Chesapeake, VA; two sons, William W. Douglas, Jr. and wife Jan of Chesapeake, VA and Stephen V. Douglas and wife Mary of Cross Plains, WI; a sister, Lillian Berg of Poquoson, VA; and seven grandchildren, Rachel, Anthony, Jamie, William III, Emily, Grace and John. A funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel with Rev. Charles Mosley officiating. The burial will follow in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to American Heart Association. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.