Douglas Veazey was co-captain of the 1954 Rossville Bulldogs. This team had the smallest enrollment of any high school to win the State Championship in Georgia's highest classification. Following high school he attended Georgia Tech on an athletic scholarship where he received a B.S. Degree in Industrial Management. While there he played quarterback on the football team and was Captain of the baseball team. Veazey is the Co-Founder and long term C.E.O. of the Rubber Polymer Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance coatings and construction materials. He is retired and lives with his wife of fifty years, Mary, in Buford, Georgia. They have four children and five grandchildren.