Obituaries:  Luke Dowden, Sabine Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 7, 1968
Submitted by: Tammy D. Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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Luke Dowden

  7 Nov 1968 - Funeral services for Luke Dowden, 72, of
Shreveport, who passed away at the Louisiana Nursing Home
Saturday, Oct. 19, after a long illness, were held in the Holley
Grove Methodist Church Monday, Oct. 21, with the Rev. Abe Conerly
officiating.

  Mr. Dowden was a retired painter and had lived in Shreveport for
the past 20 years. He was a member of the Noel Memorial Methodist
Church and was an Army veteran of World War I. He was born in
Natchitoches Parish and had lived in Many before moving to
Shreveport.

  Survivors include eight sisters, Mrs. Maggie Snell and Mrs. G.
F. Tarver both of Hornbeck, Miss Florence Dowden, Mrs. O. K.
Harvey and Mrs. Oma Jones all of Shreveport, Mrs. Tom Logan of
Eunice, Mrs. J. L. Baucum of Sweeney, Texas, and Mrs. Bonnie
Hicks of Ventura, Calif., four brothers, W. E. Dowden and Cecil
Dowden both of Shreveport, Dr. N. H. Dowden of Greenville, Tenn.
and John Dowden of Vancouver, Wash; and a number of neices and
nephews.

  Interment was in the Holley Grove cemetery under the direction
of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.