Obituaries:  Cecil Dowden, Sabine Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 16, 1977
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Cecil Dowden

  Funeral services for Cecil A. Dowden, 72, formerly of
Shreveport, were held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 15, at the
Osborn Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. W. E. Nolan, pastor of
the Lakeview Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the
Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.

  Mr. Dowden died Saturday, in an Austin, Tex. Hospital, following
a brief illness.

  A Sabine Parish native, he was a resident of Shreveport before
moving to Austin two years ago. Mr. Dowden was retired from Delta
Air Lines, and a member of the Lakeview Methodist Church.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Myrtle Dowden of Austin; a
daughter, Mrs. Michael Brast of Austin; eight sisters, Florence
Dowden, and Mrs. O. K. Harvey, both of Shreveport, Mrs. Oma
Jones, Lena Tarver, and Maggie Snell, all of Hornbeck, Bonnie
Hicks of Oil City, Lucille Logan of Eunice, and Mrs. J. I. Balkum
of Sweeney, Tex.; and three brothers, W. E. Dowden of Shreveport,
John Dowden of Vancouver, Wash., and Dr. N. H. Dowden of
Greenville, Tenn.