Obituaries:  Alvin C. Dowden, Sabine, Vernon Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 15, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Alvin C. Dowden

  Services for Mr. Alvin C. Dowden, 68, of Leesville, were held at
4 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 1989, in the First Baptist Church of
Leesville. Officiating was the Rev. Wallace Palmer, and the Rev.
John Burns. Burial followed in the Self Cemetery, under the
direction of Hixson Guardian Chapel of Leesville.

  Mr. Dowden passed away Sunday, March 5, 1989, in his residence.
He was a 1938 graduate of Hornbeck High School. He attended LSU,
where he earned a Master's Degree in education, and a plus 30. He
was a one time principal of Leesville Junior High School, and was
a teacher with the Vernon Parish School Board since 1942, in
Business, Science, and Vo-Ag. He retired from the school system
in 1978, was elected as a Supervisor of Child Welfare and
Attendance, and Adult Education. He was in the US Army from 1942
to 1947, was a member of the Human Resources Council, Charter
Member of the Civitan Club, a member of the first Baptist Church
of Leesville for over 40 years, was on the Board of Directors of
the Vernon House, and the Vernon Sheltered Workshop, was a
Charter Member, and on the Board of Directors of Public
Investors, was a member of the American Legion, Droddy Cain Post
#145, was a member of the VFW Post #3106, and was a member of
numerous other community projects.

  Survivors include his wife, Merle Bray Dowden of Leesville; one
son, Alvin C. Dowden Jr. of Leesville; two daughters, Sharon
Stone, and Debbie Clark, both of Leesville; two brothers, J. T.
Dowden of Leesville, and Aubrey Edgar Dowden of Hornbeck; and
eight grandchildren.

  In lieu of flowers, family requests that memorials be made to
the Civitan Scholarship Fund, the Vernon House, or the Vernon
Sheltered Workshop.