Edgar Gerald Dowies, seventy-nine years of age, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.
He was a graduate of Fairview High School as well as McNeese State University, where he obtained a degree in Forestry. He went on to have a forty-plus year career in the timber business.
He spent his retired years working in real estate with Keller Williams Realty in Baton Rouge. A civic minded man, Gerald was an active member and leader in multiple organizations including the Lions Club, Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Wedgewood Civic and Crime Prevention district located in Baton Rouge.
He is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Lona Dowies; his children, Jason Dowies and Jennifer (husband Blair) Morgan; grandchildren, Skylar Ann Dowies, Joe Morgan, Harper Morgan, and Jack Morgan; and a sister-in-law, Judy Dowies.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Ruby Dowies; and a brother, Sammy Lee Dowies.
He was a graduate of Fairview High School as well as McNeese State University, where he obtained a degree in Forestry. He went on to have a forty-plus year career in the timber business.
He spent his retired years working in real estate with Keller Williams Realty in Baton Rouge. A civic minded man, Gerald was an active member and leader in multiple organizations including the Lions Club, Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Wedgewood Civic and Crime Prevention district located in Baton Rouge.
He is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Lona Dowies; his children, Jason Dowies and Jennifer (husband Blair) Morgan; grandchildren, Skylar Ann Dowies, Joe Morgan, Harper Morgan, and Jack Morgan; and a sister-in-law, Judy Dowies.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Ruby Dowies; and a brother, Sammy Lee Dowies.
Edgar Gerald Dowies, seventy-nine years of age, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.
He was a graduate of Fairview High School as well as McNeese State University, where he obtained a degree in Forestry. He went on to have a forty-plus year career in the timber business.
He spent his retired years working in real estate with Keller Williams Realty in Baton Rouge. A civic minded man, Gerald was an active member and leader in multiple organizations including the Lions Club, Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Wedgewood Civic and Crime Prevention district located in Baton Rouge.
He is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Lona Dowies; his children, Jason Dowies and Jennifer (husband Blair) Morgan; grandchildren, Skylar Ann Dowies, Joe Morgan, Harper Morgan, and Jack Morgan; and a sister-in-law, Judy Dowies.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Ruby Dowies; and a brother, Sammy Lee Dowies.
He was a graduate of Fairview High School as well as McNeese State University, where he obtained a degree in Forestry. He went on to have a forty-plus year career in the timber business.
He spent his retired years working in real estate with Keller Williams Realty in Baton Rouge. A civic minded man, Gerald was an active member and leader in multiple organizations including the Lions Club, Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Wedgewood Civic and Crime Prevention district located in Baton Rouge.
He is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Lona Dowies; his children, Jason Dowies and Jennifer (husband Blair) Morgan; grandchildren, Skylar Ann Dowies, Joe Morgan, Harper Morgan, and Jack Morgan; and a sister-in-law, Judy Dowies.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Ruby Dowies; and a brother, Sammy Lee Dowies.
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