Furman Ivy Dowden

1908 - 1961  (52 years)

• Name	Furman Ivy Dowden
  Birth	23 Sep 1908
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jan 1961	Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA
  Burial	Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  	Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  Person ID	I48810	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Dawson Abraham Dowden,   b. 10 May 1883, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 5 Feb 1965, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Inez Thaxton,   b. 6 Oct 1889, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 13 Jan 1963, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F16159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mavis Willobee Leach,   b. 2 Jul 1913, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 13 Feb 1995, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F16075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1 Jan 1961 - Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, USA Burial - - Sabine, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004. Furman I. Dowden, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Jan 13, 1961 Last rites for Furman I. Dowden of Lake Charles, age 52, who died Jan. 1,in St. Patrick's Hospital, were conducted at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 2, atMt. Carmel Baptist Church, with Rev. Earl Marr, Rev. Ralph Stephens, andRev. H. H. Tibbitts officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery,under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Pallbearers were nephews, Tommie Ray, Johnnie Mc, and Lynn CharlesDowden, Ronnie Ferris, Mike, and Jerry Arthur, Glen Scruggs, and afriend, Jerry Barnhill. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mavis Dowden, Lake Charles; four sons, BobbyFlody, Baton Rouge, SSgt. Sammy Lane, Lake Charles, Pfc. Dawson Ivy,Condon, Oregon, Vandy Dowden, Lake Charles; one daughter, Elizabeth, Lake Charles; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Dowden,Lake Charles; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Dowden, Many, Rt. 2; onebrother, T. C. Dowden, Hornbeck; five sisters, Mrs. Florien Arthur, and Mrs. Eva Stoker, Many, Rt. 2, Mrs. Ulma Yeldell, LakeCharles, Mrs. Ed Scruggs, Minden, Mrs. Kalil Ferris, Bossier City; andfour grandchildren. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church of Lake Charles, a formerschool teacher, he had been employed for the past 10 years as alaboratory technician at Borden's, Lake Charles.