Greer County, OK - Obits:  Hazel Sadler Downing, 2004
Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Submitted by: tvilleda200263@yahoo.com  Tammie Villeda
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HAZEL SADLER DOWNING 	
Hazel (Sadler) Downing, 90, died at Hospice of East Texas Homeplace 
in Tyler, Texas. She was born Sept. 17, 1913, to Gearld C. and Ellen 
(Hagar) Lee in Mangum. She married Lonnie Alton Sadler. Lonnie 
preceded her in death in 1985. In her youth she picked cotton and 
worked at the movie theater and laundry. Later in life she met and 
married Lawrence Thomas Downing on Nov. 24, 1993, in DeQueen, Ark. 
They later moved to Big Sandy, Texas. During her retirement she belonged 
to the quilting club.  She was preceded in death by her two  sons, Richard 
Arlen Sadler, Jerry Wayne Sadler and her first husband, Lonnie Sadler.  
Survivors include her husband Lawrence Downing; a stepdaughter, Gladys 
Halford; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  Services for 
Downing will be held at Greer Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, 
2004. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Ed Houston 
will officiate. Greer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.