Doug Barnes, 68, of Murphy, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in a Chattanooga, TN, medical center.

A native of McMinnville, TN, he had lived in Cherokee County for the past 27 years. He was the son of the late Lowell and Addie Madewell Barnes. Doug was general foreman of Coats American in Marble from 1981 to 1993, when he retired to pursue a life of woodturning. Doug was President of the Brasstown Woodturners Guild for many years. He was the Resident Artist in Woodturning at the John C. Campbell Folk School and was instrumental in pursuing the dream of a fellow woodturner in getting the new woodturning studio built.