Obit: Mr. Woodrow W. Dowling, Lincoln Parish, LA 
Submitted by: Dorothy RinehartTaylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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            The Ruston Daily Leader, Thursday, January 13, 2000


                     Mr. Woodrow W.Dowling

Funeral services for Mr. Woodrow W. Dowling, 87, will be at 10
a.m.,Saturday, January 15, 2000, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Chapel.Officiating will be Rev.  Clarence Powell and Rev. Dale
Oden.  Interment will be in Greenwood   Cemetery under the
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mr. Dowling died Monday, January 10, 2000, in Ruston after a
lengthy illness.  He was a longtime resident of Ruston and an
accountant by profession.

Mr. Dowling's service to Ruston spanned for over 25 years in the
restaurant industry.  He began his business with the ownership and
operation of the Trenton Treat.  He then owned and operated the
Robert Louis Restaurant until his retirement.

Mr. Dowling was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church where he served
as a Sunday School teacher and deacon.  His devotion and love for
Jesus Christ his Lord was a witness to all in both his personal and
professional life.

He is survived by his wife, Lillian Edith Dowling of Ruston;
daughters, Nancy Lee Babington and husband Jim of Annandale, N.J.,
and Jo Ann Hybel and husband Dan of Portland, Ore.; sons, James
Robert Dowling of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Richard Lynn Dowling of
Houston; five grandchildren, Bert Babington of Seattle,Wash., Jamie
Babington of Annadale, N.J., Bobby Lee Dowling of College Station,
Texas, Lori Marie Dowling of Houston, and Kimberly Hybel of
Portland, Ore.

Pallbearers will be Prentice Lee, Lundy Cavender, Glen Hunt, Joe
Dickson, Bobby Dowling and Bert Babington. 
Visitation will be at Kilpatrick Funeral Home from 5 until 8 p.m.
Friday, January 14, 2000.