Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....John William Dowdy 1954
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Rome News Tribune December 22, 1954
 
John W. Dowdy of Summerville Dies During Visit
John William Dowdy, 67 of Summerville Route 3, died
unexpectedly at 3 p.m. Tuesday while visiting at the
residence of his son, J. W. Dowdy, Jr. on the
Cunningham Road, Rome Route 3.

Mr. Dowdy was born in Cleaborn, Ala. Nov. 26, 1887,
son of the late Robert and Harriett Sullivan Dowdy. He
had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd
County, having moved to Summerville three years ago.
Mr. Dowdy was a member of the Mountain View Baptist
Church.

Surviving are the widow, the former Ethel Rice, to
whom he was married Oct. 3, 1909, four sons, J. W.
Dowdy, Jr. and William Raymond Dowdy of Rome, Route 3,
Robert S. Dowdy, of Rome and J. R. Dowdy of
Summerville, five daughters, Mrs. E. E. Mills and Mrs.
E. G. Wilson, both of Rome, Mrs. R.H. Storey, of
Cartersville, and Mrs. J. B. Milligan and Mrs. J. W.
Wilson, both of Summerville; the step-mother, Mrs.
Willie Dowdy of Americus; one brother, J. A. Dowdy, of
Rome; four half-brothers, Jeff, Zeke, Earl and Willis
Dowdy, all of Americus, and two half sisters, Mrs.
Nonia Cheak and Mrs. Etta Cummings, both of Americus.
Twenty-four grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted from the West
Summerville Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday. The
Rev. Robert Akin, pastor of the church, and the Rev.
Johnny Bing will officiate with interment in Beech
Creek Cemetery, Rome. The body will lie in state at
the residence of the son, J. R. Dowdy, 104 Kelley
Street, Summerville until time for the services.
Pallbearers will be Paul Broome, Russell Powell, Tom
Cole, J. T. Lambert, L.F. Bing and F. A. Potts. (Note:
Died  Dec. 21, 1954)