Douglas Burke Bond, Jr.

Mr. Douglas Burke Bond, Jr., 57, of West Tate Street, Elberton, entered into rest on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital following a ten-year battle with chronic myelocytic leukemia.

Born in Statesboro on June 13, 1967, he was the eldest child of Douglas Burke Bond, Sr. and the late Katherine Patricia “Pat” Larsen Bond. Douglas was a 1985 graduate of Elbert County High School and furthered his education at Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State. He obtained a degree in computer science from Athens Technical College, of which he was very proud. Douglas was a computer whiz who spent his career installing various computer systems. 

Douglas was a very artistic person who enjoyed drawing and painting. At the age of 13, he won a contest designing the very first flag for Elbert County. He enjoyed various genres of music, was always reading a good book, and never missed an opportunity to expand his scientific knowledge.

In addition to his father of Dewy Rose, he is survived by his daughter, Emily Peeks of Woodstock; granddaughter, Callie Peeks of Commerce; sister, Leslie Bond-Giacomazza and her husband Phillip of Atlanta; brother, Christopher Bond and his wife Josephine of Cocoa, FL; nephew, Christian Bond of Cocoa, FL; and uncle and aunt, John and Sharon Bond of Maine.

Memorial services celebrating Douglas’s life will be conducted on Sunday, January 19, at 2:00p.m. at Stinchcomb United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. 

If desired, memorial contributions may be made in his memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, PO Box 22324, New York, NY 10087. 

Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at berryfh.com. 

Berry Funeral Home & Crematory of Elberton is respectfully in charge of arrangements for Mr. Douglas Burke Bond, Jr.