Douglas Strong, Wainscott Farmer

Douglas Pierson Strong, who had been a Wainscott potato farmer and longtime volunteer with the Bridgehampton Fire Department, died on Sunday at home in Richfield, N.C., at the age of 92. He had had Alzheimer’s disease.

A 12th generation farmer and volunteer firefighter for over 70 years, Mr. Strong also worked for East Hampton Town and was a member of the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church.  

He was born in Southampton on Aug. 4, 1922, to Stanley Talmage Strong Sr. and Gertrude Mason Strong. In January of 1948, he and Beatrice Lorraine Terry were married. She joined him on the Wainscott potato farm, where they raised three children. A decade ago, the couple relocated to North Carolina, and she died in December of 2012 at the age of 85. 

Mr. Strong is survived by his children: Douglas Strong Jr. of Southwick, Mass., James Strong of Leslie, Mich., and Terry Widmeyer of Richfield, N.C. He also is survived by eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

A funeral service will take place on Monday at 1 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. The family will receive friends there for two hours before the service, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial will follow at Wainscott Cemetery.

Memorial donations have been suggested to the Bridgehampton Fire Department, 64 School Street, Bridgehampton 11932, or to the Western North Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 3800 Shamrock Drive, #999, Charlotte, N.C. 28215.