Obit: William Max "Waldo" McDowell,  Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker
Date: Jan. 1999
Source: Shreveport Times December 1, 1998 Issue



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WILLIAM MAX "WALDO" MCDOWELL

     

Funeral services for Mr. William Max "Waldo" McDowell, 49, of Ringgold,

LA, will be held Wednesday, December 2, 1998 at 2 p.m. in the Ringgold

First United Methodist Church.  Officiating will be Rev. Brad Driggers,

Rev. Joe Hoover and Mr. Wally Watts.  Burial will be in Providence Cemetery

in Ringgold under the direction of Rockett Funeral Home in Ringgold, LA.

     

Mr. McDowell was healed of cancer and delivered from pain, suffering and

disability on November 29, 1998, when he departed this life and by God's

grace entered into the eternal presence of his loving Heavenly Father.

     

He worked for Hercules Offshore Drilling Company for over 15 years.  He

was a devoted and loving husband, father, son, brother and friend.

     

Mr. McDowell was preceded in death by his father, Walter Max McDowell.

     

He is survived by his wife, Jackie Lewter McDowell of Ringgold; mother,

Janice McDowell of Ringgold; son, Will McDowell of Ringgold; step-sons,

Michael E. Dean of Natchitoches and Murray S. Lewter of Shreveport;

brothers, John McDDowell and his wife, Roberta of Ringgold, Jimmy McDowell

and his wife, Cecillia of Houma, LA; sister-in-law, Deborah Lewter of

Ringgold and a special friend, Dianne Davis of Ringgold.

     

Pallbearers will be Tom Hord, D. E. Jones and charles Hughes (all who

worked with him), Robert Watts, Scotty Davis, Steve McDowell, John Salter

and Bob Wilkie.  Honorary pallbearers will be J. C. Davis, O. G. "Laddie"

McDowell, Robert E. "Buddy" McDowell, Paul Cook, John Traylor, Ross Edwards

and Steve Moseley.