HARTSELLE — Funeral for Mrs. Mary Francis Downs, 89, Hartselle 4, who died today at Pineview Hospital, will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Oak Ridge Methodist Church, with burial in Johnson Chapel Cemetery, Brown-Service directing.
Survivors include six daughters, Miss Flossie Downs, Mrs. Grace Hughes, Mrs. Sam Kay, Mrs. Ray Kirby , all of Hartselle, Mrs. Charles West, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. William McGee, Belle Mina; five sons, Homer Downs, Hodges, Ala., Fred Downs, Danville, Elbert Downs, Lowell Downs, both of Hartselle, and Loyd Downs, Basham; two half-sisters, Mrs. Nina McCluskey, Mississippi, Mrs. Etta Partain, Birmingham; three half-brothers, Jordan Bobo, Lester Bobo and John Bobo, all of Mississippi; 24 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren.
The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Originally published in The Decatur Daily on Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Decatur, Alabama Page: 13 Column: 2 ~ Mary can be found in the 1900 census in Marion County. She was living with her sister, Myra, and Myra's husband.
Contributor: Brenda White Broadway • [email protected] ~
HARTSELLE — Funeral for Mrs. Mary Francis Downs, 89, Hartselle 4, who died today at Pineview Hospital, will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Oak Ridge Methodist Church, with burial in Johnson Chapel Cemetery, Brown-Service directing.
Survivors include six daughters, Miss Flossie Downs, Mrs. Grace Hughes, Mrs. Sam Kay, Mrs. Ray Kirby , all of Hartselle, Mrs. Charles West, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. William McGee, Belle Mina; five sons, Homer Downs, Hodges, Ala., Fred Downs, Danville, Elbert Downs, Lowell Downs, both of Hartselle, and Loyd Downs, Basham; two half-sisters, Mrs. Nina McCluskey, Mississippi, Mrs. Etta Partain, Birmingham; three half-brothers, Jordan Bobo, Lester Bobo and John Bobo, all of Mississippi; 24 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren.
The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Originally published in The Decatur Daily on Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Decatur, Alabama Page: 13 Column: 2 ~ Mary can be found in the 1900 census in Marion County. She was living with her sister, Myra, and Myra's husband.
Contributor: Brenda White Broadway • [email protected] ~
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1930–1999
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