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Gerald G. Cain, age 65, passed away on Saturday July 28, 2018 at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, Florida. He was born on April 29, 1953 in Richardson, Texas to Dr. Gerald Cain, Sr. and Shirley J. Cain. From an early age Gerald was a tenacious and creative individual. He started tap dancing at age 7. He met his future wife Doris Coher Cain at the Community Christian Church in Richardson, Texas when he was 18 and she was 15. Upon shaking her hand, Gerald refused to let go. That awkward beginning led to marriage three-and-a-half years later on July 4, 1975.
Gerald studied Film & TV at Stephen F. Austin State University and earned his B.S. degree in 1976. Two years later while working for local TV station KLTV as a cameraman, his daughter Carrie arrived. Motivated to expand his career, Gerald and Doris relocated to Dallas to open their own video production company in 1980. A Datsun dealership was their first client and more video and commercial success soon followed. With a full-service production and post-production facility they began producing segments for the Dallas Cowboys Weekly TV show. Gerald filmed and produced the top-rated music video of the year, “Ice Ice Baby.”
As their reputation grew, Doris and Gerald branched out, producing high-end videos for clients of EXP Productions in California including Disney, Intel, Kodak, Motorola, Sony, and Sun Microsystems. In 1997 Gerald answered the call to become Creative Director for EXP Productions; he and Doris moved and lived in Northern California for the next seven years.
In 2004 they returned to live in Canyon Lake, Texas to be closer to their grandchildren, Aiden and Triston. Four years later they moved briefly back to Dallas and then on to Orlando, Florida where they did an impressive array of projects for Disney.
An avid collector, Gerald was known for his nonstop projects and lifelong passions: 3-D photography, classic 35mm films, restoring Model-T cars, trains, military history, U-boats, high-speed ski boats and early morning water skiing whenever possible.
In April 2016, Gerald was preparing to leave for Spain for a 3-week photo shoot when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. For the following two-and-a-half years, he and Doris battled the cancer in every way possible while making the most of the time they had together. They traveled, visited family and friends, and created new memories until Gerald had to slow down considerably and affectionately became known as “Mr. Mellow.”
Gerald will be remembered as loving father, caring grandfather, loyal friend, gifted mentor and creative director. He was passionate about his family, business and hobbies. Above all, he was generous…donating his brain to cancer research.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Gerald’s memory and honor can be made to:
Mike Conley Hospice House
2100 Oakley Beavers Blvd
Clermont, FL 34711
webcshospice.org
Kensington Church
kensingtonorlando.org
Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center
https:\\tischbraintumorcenter.duke.edu
Bob [Johnson] & Kathleen [Weinberg] says
Our hearts are heavy (so very, VERY heavy) realizing that Gerald is gone. But our memories are many. We were so lucky to have shared so many happy and funny (oh so funny!) times with Doris and Gerald. Thank God the memories are too many to list (OK there’s these: our cruises to Canada and Alaska, our many weekend trips when they were living in California, vacations to Canyon Lakes TX, visiting in Windermere FL.) The hours of Rummy Cube will always bring a smile (mostly because Doris would re-arrange the board for a ‘move’ only to realize it wouldn’t work and we ALL would have to help get the board back to its original set up…, I can still hear Gerald say in that amazing voice of his “Doris this would be a real pain in the a$$ if you weren’t so cute!” Gerald will be missed forever. Because not having him in our life leaves a hole that will never heal.
George Mayer says
I am so sorry to hear this. I have great memories of shooting stills while Gerald shot video. One the most interesting was shooting on Lake Powell. I wish the family the best in these trying times
Corky and Vicki Melass says
Dear Doris,
Our deepest condolences go out to you and your family for the passing of sweet Gerald. He was a champ, honorable, brilliant, fun and all around great guy! We had so much fun with the two of you on our ski trip in Utah as well a good times on Canyon Lake with the Speck’s and gang.
We will be in prayer for God’s peace and love to comfort you and family during this difficult time.
Love and hugs,
Corky & Vicki
Pat Waggener says
Dear Doris and Family,
Bill and I were so sad to hear about Gerald. Your family did the very best of making the last two years of his life as full as it could possibly be! We were grateful to be able to see y’all on your visit to Canyon Lake. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you, as they have been all along Gerald’s last journey.
Hold onto and take care of each other, and celebrate the closeness you all have, and the wonderful life that was your beloved husband, father and grandfather.
With love and sympathy, Bill and Pat Waggener
Linda Jebavy says
Gary was certainly one of a kind and a special man. I loved seeing him having fun with his family and loved seeing his joy at being with them. He always made me smile, and I will always smile when I think of him. Many hearts are hurting because he is gone from here, but he watches all of you from heaven and would want to see you smile again. God saw him getting tired, and a cure was not to be, so He put His arms around him and whispered “Come with Me.”
Cheryl Rogers says
Sweet Doris, Praise the Lord for our time together and for our two wonderful, funny and talented guys who were both bigger than life! What a gift!
Blessings with love dear friend!
Ken Horii says
I’m so sorry to hear of Gerald’s passing. I didnt know he was ill. I was searching for him to see if he was interested in working on a new disney project when I heard.
I have many fond memories of us getting lost in the French countryside visiting the old battlefield at Verdun. He was such a talented director. we had so much fun together working on the “honey I shrunk the audience preshow” for disney and Kodak.
I will never forget his kindness and creative energy!