Obituaries:  William Elisha Dowden, Sabine Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 20, 1978
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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William Elisha Dowden

  Services for William Elisha Dowden, 79, of Shreveport, were at
10 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 10, in Rose-Neath Funeral Home's
Marshall Street Chapel. Dr. Albert Trichett, associate pastor of
Neal Memorial United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial was
in Forest Park.

  Mr. Dowden died Saturday, in Schumpert Medical center. A native
of Sabine Parish, he had lived in Shreveport since 19?. He was a
retired postal employee, and a member of ? Joppa Lodge.

  Survivors include three sons, Bill Dowden of El Campo, Texas,
Jack Dowden of Aberdean, Scotland, and Joe Dowden of Shreveport;
one daughter, Martha Hendrick of Shreveport; 8 sisters, Florence
Dowden, and Louise Harvey, both of Shreveport, Bessie Mocha of
Oil City, Maggie Snell of Baton Rouge, Chris James and Lena
Tarver, both of Hornbeck, Pearl ? Of Sweeney, Texas, and Lucille
Logan of Eunice; five brothers, John Dowden of Vancouver, Wash.,
and Neeley Dowden of Greenville, Tenn.; 13 grandchildren; and six
great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were John Reed Tarver, Donald Tarver, Gene Chance,
Frank Jones, Bill Logan, and Tom Logan.