SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER DEC 4 1924
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELECTIOUS. DOWNS WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME ON S SECOND STREET THURSDAY EVENING WERE HELD FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. O. P. WRIGHT OF WESTERVELT, OFFICIATING.
MUSIC WAS FURNISHEDBY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. J. D. MILLER, MRS.CHARLES FORSYTH, S. B. CARR AND CHARLES FORSYTH.THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE MANY FLORAL OFFERINGS WERE MRS. BERT KLAUSER, MRS. HAROLD NUTT, MRS. JOHN DOWNS, MRS. BERT CUTLER AND MRS. AUBREY GOWDY.
THE PALLBEARERS WERE H.R. BROWN, BERT CUTLER, HARRY DANNEBARGER, JOE BARKER, FRANK TINSMAN AND GEORGE K. ROBERTS. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE K KLUX KLAN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN A BODY AND CONDUCTED THE RITUALISTIC SERVICE AT THE GRAVE. INTERMENT WAS IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY.
MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS FROM TOWER HILL, WESTERVELT, ASSUMPTION, WINDSOR AND OTHER TOWNS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL.
AFTER COMPLETING HIS DAYS LABOR AND RETURNING TO HIS HOME ON S 2ND STREET AT 5:45 OCLOCK THURSDAY EVENING, ELECTIOUS H. DOWNS FELL TO THE FLOOR JUST AFTER HE HAD CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF HIS HOME AND EXPIRED. DEATH WAS DUE TO HEART TROUBLE FROM WHICH MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN A SUFFERER FOR SOME YEARS.
FOR THE PAST, THREE YEARS MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF J. L. JAUNCEY AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME HAD WORKED FOR OTTO HEINZ AT THE SAME TRADE. DURING THURSDAY R. DOWNS WAS WORKING AT A BUILDING IN TOWER HILL.
MR. DOWNS WAS BORN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON JANUARY 14,1857, THE SON OF JOSIAH AND REBECCA DOWNS. ABOUT 47 YEARS AGO HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MINNIE HENTON.
BESIDES HIS WIFE HE LEAVES FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER, EDGAR DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, RUFUS DOWNS, LUFKIN, TEX. JAMES DOWNS, KENNY AND ROSS AND LEONA DOWNS OF CHICAGO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER HENRY DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, TWO SISTERS, MRS. JOHNS BECKETT, ASSUMPTION AND MRS. DAVID MCDONALD, WESTERVELT, TWO HALF BROTHERS AND THREE HALF SISTERS, GEORGE AND SOLOMON DOWNS, MRS MINNIE SARVER, MRS. JULIA STORM AND MRS. ETTA CROOK ALL LIVING NEAR HENTON.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELECTIOUS. DOWNS WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME ON S SECOND STREET THURSDAY EVENING WERE HELD FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. O. P. WRIGHT OF WESTERVELT, OFFICIATING.
MUSIC WAS FURNISHEDBY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. J. D. MILLER, MRS.CHARLES FORSYTH, S. B. CARR AND CHARLES FORSYTH.THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE MANY FLORAL OFFERINGS WERE MRS. BERT KLAUSER, MRS. HAROLD NUTT, MRS. JOHN DOWNS, MRS. BERT CUTLER AND MRS. AUBREY GOWDY.
THE PALLBEARERS WERE H.R. BROWN, BERT CUTLER, HARRY DANNEBARGER, JOE BARKER, FRANK TINSMAN AND GEORGE K. ROBERTS. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE K KLUX KLAN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN A BODY AND CONDUCTED THE RITUALISTIC SERVICE AT THE GRAVE. INTERMENT WAS IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY.
MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS FROM TOWER HILL, WESTERVELT, ASSUMPTION, WINDSOR AND OTHER TOWNS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL.
AFTER COMPLETING HIS DAYS LABOR AND RETURNING TO HIS HOME ON S 2ND STREET AT 5:45 OCLOCK THURSDAY EVENING, ELECTIOUS H. DOWNS FELL TO THE FLOOR JUST AFTER HE HAD CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF HIS HOME AND EXPIRED. DEATH WAS DUE TO HEART TROUBLE FROM WHICH MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN A SUFFERER FOR SOME YEARS.
FOR THE PAST, THREE YEARS MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF J. L. JAUNCEY AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME HAD WORKED FOR OTTO HEINZ AT THE SAME TRADE. DURING THURSDAY R. DOWNS WAS WORKING AT A BUILDING IN TOWER HILL.
MR. DOWNS WAS BORN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON JANUARY 14,1857, THE SON OF JOSIAH AND REBECCA DOWNS. ABOUT 47 YEARS AGO HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MINNIE HENTON.
BESIDES HIS WIFE HE LEAVES FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER, EDGAR DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, RUFUS DOWNS, LUFKIN, TEX. JAMES DOWNS, KENNY AND ROSS AND LEONA DOWNS OF CHICAGO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER HENRY DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, TWO SISTERS, MRS. JOHNS BECKETT, ASSUMPTION AND MRS. DAVID MCDONALD, WESTERVELT, TWO HALF BROTHERS AND THREE HALF SISTERS, GEORGE AND SOLOMON DOWNS, MRS MINNIE SARVER, MRS. JULIA STORM AND MRS. ETTA CROOK ALL LIVING NEAR HENTON.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER DEC 4 1924
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELECTIOUS. DOWNS WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME ON S SECOND STREET THURSDAY EVENING WERE HELD FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. O. P. WRIGHT OF WESTERVELT, OFFICIATING.
MUSIC WAS FURNISHEDBY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. J. D. MILLER, MRS.CHARLES FORSYTH, S. B. CARR AND CHARLES FORSYTH.THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE MANY FLORAL OFFERINGS WERE MRS. BERT KLAUSER, MRS. HAROLD NUTT, MRS. JOHN DOWNS, MRS. BERT CUTLER AND MRS. AUBREY GOWDY.
THE PALLBEARERS WERE H.R. BROWN, BERT CUTLER, HARRY DANNEBARGER, JOE BARKER, FRANK TINSMAN AND GEORGE K. ROBERTS. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE K KLUX KLAN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN A BODY AND CONDUCTED THE RITUALISTIC SERVICE AT THE GRAVE. INTERMENT WAS IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY.
MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS FROM TOWER HILL, WESTERVELT, ASSUMPTION, WINDSOR AND OTHER TOWNS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL.
AFTER COMPLETING HIS DAYS LABOR AND RETURNING TO HIS HOME ON S 2ND STREET AT 5:45 OCLOCK THURSDAY EVENING, ELECTIOUS H. DOWNS FELL TO THE FLOOR JUST AFTER HE HAD CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF HIS HOME AND EXPIRED. DEATH WAS DUE TO HEART TROUBLE FROM WHICH MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN A SUFFERER FOR SOME YEARS.
FOR THE PAST, THREE YEARS MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF J. L. JAUNCEY AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME HAD WORKED FOR OTTO HEINZ AT THE SAME TRADE. DURING THURSDAY R. DOWNS WAS WORKING AT A BUILDING IN TOWER HILL.
MR. DOWNS WAS BORN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON JANUARY 14,1857, THE SON OF JOSIAH AND REBECCA DOWNS. ABOUT 47 YEARS AGO HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MINNIE HENTON.
BESIDES HIS WIFE HE LEAVES FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER, EDGAR DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, RUFUS DOWNS, LUFKIN, TEX. JAMES DOWNS, KENNY AND ROSS AND LEONA DOWNS OF CHICAGO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER HENRY DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, TWO SISTERS, MRS. JOHNS BECKETT, ASSUMPTION AND MRS. DAVID MCDONALD, WESTERVELT, TWO HALF BROTHERS AND THREE HALF SISTERS, GEORGE AND SOLOMON DOWNS, MRS MINNIE SARVER, MRS. JULIA STORM AND MRS. ETTA CROOK ALL LIVING NEAR HENTON.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ELECTIOUS. DOWNS WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME ON S SECOND STREET THURSDAY EVENING WERE HELD FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, REV. O. P. WRIGHT OF WESTERVELT, OFFICIATING.
MUSIC WAS FURNISHEDBY A QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS. J. D. MILLER, MRS.CHARLES FORSYTH, S. B. CARR AND CHARLES FORSYTH.THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE MANY FLORAL OFFERINGS WERE MRS. BERT KLAUSER, MRS. HAROLD NUTT, MRS. JOHN DOWNS, MRS. BERT CUTLER AND MRS. AUBREY GOWDY.
THE PALLBEARERS WERE H.R. BROWN, BERT CUTLER, HARRY DANNEBARGER, JOE BARKER, FRANK TINSMAN AND GEORGE K. ROBERTS. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS OF THE K KLUX KLAN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN A BODY AND CONDUCTED THE RITUALISTIC SERVICE AT THE GRAVE. INTERMENT WAS IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY.
MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS FROM TOWER HILL, WESTERVELT, ASSUMPTION, WINDSOR AND OTHER TOWNS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL.
AFTER COMPLETING HIS DAYS LABOR AND RETURNING TO HIS HOME ON S 2ND STREET AT 5:45 OCLOCK THURSDAY EVENING, ELECTIOUS H. DOWNS FELL TO THE FLOOR JUST AFTER HE HAD CROSSED THE THRESHOLD OF HIS HOME AND EXPIRED. DEATH WAS DUE TO HEART TROUBLE FROM WHICH MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN A SUFFERER FOR SOME YEARS.
FOR THE PAST, THREE YEARS MR. DOWNS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF J. L. JAUNCEY AND PRIOR TO THAT TIME HAD WORKED FOR OTTO HEINZ AT THE SAME TRADE. DURING THURSDAY R. DOWNS WAS WORKING AT A BUILDING IN TOWER HILL.
MR. DOWNS WAS BORN IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON JANUARY 14,1857, THE SON OF JOSIAH AND REBECCA DOWNS. ABOUT 47 YEARS AGO HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MINNIE HENTON.
BESIDES HIS WIFE HE LEAVES FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER, EDGAR DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, RUFUS DOWNS, LUFKIN, TEX. JAMES DOWNS, KENNY AND ROSS AND LEONA DOWNS OF CHICAGO. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER HENRY DOWNS, SHELBYVILLE, TWO SISTERS, MRS. JOHNS BECKETT, ASSUMPTION AND MRS. DAVID MCDONALD, WESTERVELT, TWO HALF BROTHERS AND THREE HALF SISTERS, GEORGE AND SOLOMON DOWNS, MRS MINNIE SARVER, MRS. JULIA STORM AND MRS. ETTA CROOK ALL LIVING NEAR HENTON.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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