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Burton Thomas “Burt” Downer

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Burton Thomas “Burt” Downer

Birth
Erick, Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
14 Apr 1996 (aged 88)
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Burial
Stinnett, Hutchinson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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STINNETT - Burt Downer, 88, died Sunday, April 14, 1996 in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stinnett First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rob Winkler, associate pastor of Trinity Church in Lubbock, and the Rev. Landrum Medlock, pastor of Stinnett First United Methodist Church. officiating.

The family will receive visitors at Brown Memorial Chapel in Stinnett from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Stinnett First United Methodist Church parlor from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett by Brown Funeral Directors.

A native of Erick, Okla., he had been a Stinnett resident for 60 years. He was retired from high school as a Spanish teacher and librarian in Stinnett. He was a member of Stinnett First United methodist Church.

Mr. Downer moved from Borger to Stinnett in 1939, where he owned and operated the Stinnett Drug Store from 1939-1948. He served on the Stinnett School Board.

He graduated from Texola High School, North Texas State University in Denton, and West Texas State University in Canyon.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Meredith Brannan Downer on Feb. 14, 1995.

Survivors include two daughters, Jo Ann Pennington and Meredith Kay Stone, both of Lubbock; two sisters, Pearl Price of Amarillo; and LaNell Price of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial may be made to the Stinnett First United Methodist Church or Stinnett Cemetery Association.

(Published in Borger News Herald, April 15, 1996)
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STINNETT - Burt Downer, 88, died Sunday, April 14, 1996 in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stinnett First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rob Winkler, associate pastor of Trinity Church in Lubbock, and the Rev. Landrum Medlock, pastor of Stinnett First United Methodist Church, officiating.

The family will receive visitors at Brown Memorial Chapel in Stinnett from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Stinnett First United Methodist Church parlor from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett by Brown Funeral Directors.

A native of Erick, Okla., he had been a Stinnett resident for 60 years. He was retired from high school as a Spanish teacher and librarian in Stinnett. He was a member of Stinnett First United methodist Church.

Mr. Downer moved from Borger to Stinnett in 1939, where he owned and operated the Stinnett Drug Store from 1939-1948. He served on the Stinnett School Board.

He graduated from Texola High School, North Texas State University in Denton, and West Texas State University in Canyon.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Meredith Brannan Downer on Feb. 14, 1995.

Survivors include two daughters, Jo Ann Pennington and Meredith Kay Stone, both of Lubbock; two sisters, Pearl Price of Amarillo; and LaNell Price of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial may be made to the Stinnett First United Methodist Church or Stinnett Cemetery Association.

(Published in Borger News Herald, April 16, 1996)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Burt Downer
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1907
Residence: Mayfield, Beckham, Oklahoma
Spouse's Name: Meredith Brannan
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Greenbrier, Faulkner, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1929
Marriage License Date: 30 Nov 1929
Marriage County: Faulkner
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1976421

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Burton Downer
Death Date: 14 Apr 1996
Death County: Lubbock
Gender: Male
STINNETT - Burt Downer, 88, died Sunday, April 14, 1996 in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stinnett First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rob Winkler, associate pastor of Trinity Church in Lubbock, and the Rev. Landrum Medlock, pastor of Stinnett First United Methodist Church. officiating.

The family will receive visitors at Brown Memorial Chapel in Stinnett from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Stinnett First United Methodist Church parlor from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett by Brown Funeral Directors.

A native of Erick, Okla., he had been a Stinnett resident for 60 years. He was retired from high school as a Spanish teacher and librarian in Stinnett. He was a member of Stinnett First United methodist Church.

Mr. Downer moved from Borger to Stinnett in 1939, where he owned and operated the Stinnett Drug Store from 1939-1948. He served on the Stinnett School Board.

He graduated from Texola High School, North Texas State University in Denton, and West Texas State University in Canyon.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Meredith Brannan Downer on Feb. 14, 1995.

Survivors include two daughters, Jo Ann Pennington and Meredith Kay Stone, both of Lubbock; two sisters, Pearl Price of Amarillo; and LaNell Price of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial may be made to the Stinnett First United Methodist Church or Stinnett Cemetery Association.

(Published in Borger News Herald, April 15, 1996)
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STINNETT - Burt Downer, 88, died Sunday, April 14, 1996 in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in Lubbock.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Stinnett First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rob Winkler, associate pastor of Trinity Church in Lubbock, and the Rev. Landrum Medlock, pastor of Stinnett First United Methodist Church, officiating.

The family will receive visitors at Brown Memorial Chapel in Stinnett from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday and in the Stinnett First United Methodist Church parlor from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Stinnett by Brown Funeral Directors.

A native of Erick, Okla., he had been a Stinnett resident for 60 years. He was retired from high school as a Spanish teacher and librarian in Stinnett. He was a member of Stinnett First United methodist Church.

Mr. Downer moved from Borger to Stinnett in 1939, where he owned and operated the Stinnett Drug Store from 1939-1948. He served on the Stinnett School Board.

He graduated from Texola High School, North Texas State University in Denton, and West Texas State University in Canyon.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Meredith Brannan Downer on Feb. 14, 1995.

Survivors include two daughters, Jo Ann Pennington and Meredith Kay Stone, both of Lubbock; two sisters, Pearl Price of Amarillo; and LaNell Price of Mesa, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial may be made to the Stinnett First United Methodist Church or Stinnett Cemetery Association.

(Published in Borger News Herald, April 16, 1996)
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Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Burt Downer
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1907
Residence: Mayfield, Beckham, Oklahoma
Spouse's Name: Meredith Brannan
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Greenbrier, Faulkner, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 1 Dec 1929
Marriage License Date: 30 Nov 1929
Marriage County: Faulkner
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1976421

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Burton Downer
Death Date: 14 Apr 1996
Death County: Lubbock
Gender: Male

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