Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dowda, Frances March 20, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: W. Stephens stephens2247@bellsouth.net October 9, 2006, 12:43 pm The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, March 25, 2004 Frances Elizabeth Dowda, 72, of Lowrey Road, Rockmart, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2004. Mrs. Dowda was born June 10, 1931 in Atlanta, daughter of the late Nellie Miller Snipes and the late Gene Snipes. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Dowda was preceded in death by her husband, James H. “Groundhog” Dowda and a grandson, Larry Evans, Jr. Surviving are: three daughters, Connie Evans of Dallas, Ga., Lorraine Waits of Rockmart; Debbie McClain of Rockmart; four sons, Jimmy Dowda of Aragon, David Dowda of Cedartown, Hugh Dowda of Aragon, Barry Dowda of Cedartown; 22 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday, March 21 at the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Rhodes officiating. Interment followed in the in the family lot of Aragon Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Larry Evan, Larry Hicks, Pete Clevenger, Ladale Roberson, Nicholas Dowda and Casey Puckett. The Freeman Harris Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements. (The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, March 25, 2004) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/polk/obits/d/dowda8286ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb