Hickman County Hearld, March 3, 1939
Mrs. W. H. Downey Dies of Injury; Rites Saturday Hohenwald
Mrs. Nancy Land Downey, 83, wife of the late William H. Downey, died at home with a son, W. L. (Lee) Downey and Mrs. Downey at home here on Friday night at 7:30 o’clock as result of break of right leg near the hip while a guest in the home of a son, Jas. R. Downey and Mrs. Downey in Dickson February 10, two weeks of suffering proving fatal to the venerable matron.
The body was removed to Hohenwald for funeral and burial services and A. J. Bachman of Dickson was assisted by W. Beasley, minister of the Church of Christ here, in a service at the Church of Christ in Hohenwald, beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon. Burial was in Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald by the side of her first husband, T. J. Downey, who died seventeen years ago at their home in Hohenwald.
Surviving are sons, W. L. Downey, assistant cashier of Farmers & Merchants Bank here, and James R. Downey of Dickson, four daughters, Mrs. Laura E. Duncan of Swan, Mrs. John T. Bates of Trenton, Mrs. Arch Ashton of Linden and Mrs. S. M. Breece of New Orleans, La; and by 43 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Downey was formerly Miss Nancy H. Land, daughter of Elder Cane Land, a pioneer minister of the Church of Christ. Born in Perry County on January 29, 1856, she was reared in that county, where she was married to Thomas J. Downey, and they were parents of the children mentioned. The family home was moved from Perry County to Hohenwald in 1902, the death of Mr. Downey occurring about nineteen years later. She was later married to W. H. Downey, brother of her first husband, and who died five years ago. Since his death she made her home here with the son mentioned and with her daughter Mrs. Duncan on Swan, with visits to her children mentioned. She had been a member of the Church of Christ since childhood, and throughout her long life of noble woman hood was greatly beloved. While her passing was a release from intense suffering, and closed a life well spent, yet the hearts of many friends are burdened with sorrow
Mrs. W. H. Downey Dies of Injury; Rites Saturday Hohenwald
Mrs. Nancy Land Downey, 83, wife of the late William H. Downey, died at home with a son, W. L. (Lee) Downey and Mrs. Downey at home here on Friday night at 7:30 o’clock as result of break of right leg near the hip while a guest in the home of a son, Jas. R. Downey and Mrs. Downey in Dickson February 10, two weeks of suffering proving fatal to the venerable matron.
The body was removed to Hohenwald for funeral and burial services and A. J. Bachman of Dickson was assisted by W. Beasley, minister of the Church of Christ here, in a service at the Church of Christ in Hohenwald, beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon. Burial was in Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald by the side of her first husband, T. J. Downey, who died seventeen years ago at their home in Hohenwald.
Surviving are sons, W. L. Downey, assistant cashier of Farmers & Merchants Bank here, and James R. Downey of Dickson, four daughters, Mrs. Laura E. Duncan of Swan, Mrs. John T. Bates of Trenton, Mrs. Arch Ashton of Linden and Mrs. S. M. Breece of New Orleans, La; and by 43 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Downey was formerly Miss Nancy H. Land, daughter of Elder Cane Land, a pioneer minister of the Church of Christ. Born in Perry County on January 29, 1856, she was reared in that county, where she was married to Thomas J. Downey, and they were parents of the children mentioned. The family home was moved from Perry County to Hohenwald in 1902, the death of Mr. Downey occurring about nineteen years later. She was later married to W. H. Downey, brother of her first husband, and who died five years ago. Since his death she made her home here with the son mentioned and with her daughter Mrs. Duncan on Swan, with visits to her children mentioned. She had been a member of the Church of Christ since childhood, and throughout her long life of noble woman hood was greatly beloved. While her passing was a release from intense suffering, and closed a life well spent, yet the hearts of many friends are burdened with sorrow
Hickman County Hearld, March 3, 1939
Mrs. W. H. Downey Dies of Injury; Rites Saturday Hohenwald
Mrs. Nancy Land Downey, 83, wife of the late William H. Downey, died at home with a son, W. L. (Lee) Downey and Mrs. Downey at home here on Friday night at 7:30 o’clock as result of break of right leg near the hip while a guest in the home of a son, Jas. R. Downey and Mrs. Downey in Dickson February 10, two weeks of suffering proving fatal to the venerable matron.
The body was removed to Hohenwald for funeral and burial services and A. J. Bachman of Dickson was assisted by W. Beasley, minister of the Church of Christ here, in a service at the Church of Christ in Hohenwald, beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon. Burial was in Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald by the side of her first husband, T. J. Downey, who died seventeen years ago at their home in Hohenwald.
Surviving are sons, W. L. Downey, assistant cashier of Farmers & Merchants Bank here, and James R. Downey of Dickson, four daughters, Mrs. Laura E. Duncan of Swan, Mrs. John T. Bates of Trenton, Mrs. Arch Ashton of Linden and Mrs. S. M. Breece of New Orleans, La; and by 43 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Downey was formerly Miss Nancy H. Land, daughter of Elder Cane Land, a pioneer minister of the Church of Christ. Born in Perry County on January 29, 1856, she was reared in that county, where she was married to Thomas J. Downey, and they were parents of the children mentioned. The family home was moved from Perry County to Hohenwald in 1902, the death of Mr. Downey occurring about nineteen years later. She was later married to W. H. Downey, brother of her first husband, and who died five years ago. Since his death she made her home here with the son mentioned and with her daughter Mrs. Duncan on Swan, with visits to her children mentioned. She had been a member of the Church of Christ since childhood, and throughout her long life of noble woman hood was greatly beloved. While her passing was a release from intense suffering, and closed a life well spent, yet the hearts of many friends are burdened with sorrow
Mrs. W. H. Downey Dies of Injury; Rites Saturday Hohenwald
Mrs. Nancy Land Downey, 83, wife of the late William H. Downey, died at home with a son, W. L. (Lee) Downey and Mrs. Downey at home here on Friday night at 7:30 o’clock as result of break of right leg near the hip while a guest in the home of a son, Jas. R. Downey and Mrs. Downey in Dickson February 10, two weeks of suffering proving fatal to the venerable matron.
The body was removed to Hohenwald for funeral and burial services and A. J. Bachman of Dickson was assisted by W. Beasley, minister of the Church of Christ here, in a service at the Church of Christ in Hohenwald, beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon. Burial was in Swiss Cemetery at Hohenwald by the side of her first husband, T. J. Downey, who died seventeen years ago at their home in Hohenwald.
Surviving are sons, W. L. Downey, assistant cashier of Farmers & Merchants Bank here, and James R. Downey of Dickson, four daughters, Mrs. Laura E. Duncan of Swan, Mrs. John T. Bates of Trenton, Mrs. Arch Ashton of Linden and Mrs. S. M. Breece of New Orleans, La; and by 43 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Downey was formerly Miss Nancy H. Land, daughter of Elder Cane Land, a pioneer minister of the Church of Christ. Born in Perry County on January 29, 1856, she was reared in that county, where she was married to Thomas J. Downey, and they were parents of the children mentioned. The family home was moved from Perry County to Hohenwald in 1902, the death of Mr. Downey occurring about nineteen years later. She was later married to W. H. Downey, brother of her first husband, and who died five years ago. Since his death she made her home here with the son mentioned and with her daughter Mrs. Duncan on Swan, with visits to her children mentioned. She had been a member of the Church of Christ since childhood, and throughout her long life of noble woman hood was greatly beloved. While her passing was a release from intense suffering, and closed a life well spent, yet the hearts of many friends are burdened with sorrow
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