Individual Details
Douglas Wayne Myers
(5 Nov 1956 - 30 Nov 1974)
Doug grew up being my "baby Brother". The younger brother of my best friend and woman I consider my sister. Doug was always very active and just on the inside edge of getting into trouble. More a prankster than anythig else. He loved the rush of life. At 17, he joined the Navy but was soon given a medical discharge after finding an unusual anomoly in his back during Basic Training. Doug rejoined High School and was graduated with the Class of 1974. He had a few small jobs, looking to find something that really struck his fancy when he began hanging wiht a small crowd of other young men who liked "Life in the Fast Lane". It was that philosophy that took Doug away from us.
Late in the evening on the Friday Night following Thanksgiving 1974, Doug and his buddies went for a drive. On the way they picked up a little to drink as well as sharing their "smoke" They chose to drive fast in an area with known speed issues, having speed limits posted on curves of 7mph, 13mph and 9 mph in the mile before they crashed the car. The area, known as Dry Creek was indeed once a creek bed with many unusual twists and turns in the road. Ignoring the posted limits in their altered states, the Sherrif estimated the speed of the car to be in excess of 90 mph when control of the car was lost along with the lives of 3 young men. Unbelievably, the driver was the only survivor, his life ruined forever.
I include this story to help other young drivers to REALLY THINK about who you are getting into a car with after partying. So many peoples lives were changed so much in a flash of time because of people believing themselves able to control their drinking or drug use and NOT realizing how impaired you truly are behind the wheel of the killer machine you have chosen to drive.
Young people in our country are dying at an alarming rate with totally preventable reasons.
Stay Alive, Don't Drink and Drive.
Late in the evening on the Friday Night following Thanksgiving 1974, Doug and his buddies went for a drive. On the way they picked up a little to drink as well as sharing their "smoke" They chose to drive fast in an area with known speed issues, having speed limits posted on curves of 7mph, 13mph and 9 mph in the mile before they crashed the car. The area, known as Dry Creek was indeed once a creek bed with many unusual twists and turns in the road. Ignoring the posted limits in their altered states, the Sherrif estimated the speed of the car to be in excess of 90 mph when control of the car was lost along with the lives of 3 young men. Unbelievably, the driver was the only survivor, his life ruined forever.
I include this story to help other young drivers to REALLY THINK about who you are getting into a car with after partying. So many peoples lives were changed so much in a flash of time because of people believing themselves able to control their drinking or drug use and NOT realizing how impaired you truly are behind the wheel of the killer machine you have chosen to drive.
Young people in our country are dying at an alarming rate with totally preventable reasons.
Stay Alive, Don't Drink and Drive.
Events
| Birth | 5 Nov 1956 | Livermore, Alameda County, California |  | ||
| Death | 30 Nov 1974 | Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California |  | | |
| Burial | Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | |
Families
| Father | Don Myers ( - ) |
| Mother | Celia Ann Tierney (1931 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
United States Social Security Death IndexAge: 18
Given Name: Douglas
Surname: Myers
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1956
State: California
Last Place of Residence: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Previous Residence Postal Code: 95124
Event Date: Nov 1974
Endnotes
1. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2YV-LHZ.
2. California Death Index, 1940-1997 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHL-PQD.
3. United States Social Security Death Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGSQ-543.
4. Find A Grave Memorial 23914821.
5. California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQVX-36ZM.