Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
GERALD F. MCDOWELL
Riser Funeral Home
Services for Gerald F. McDowell, age 80 of Grayson will be held at 11:00AM, Thursday, May 31, 2007 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Howard Hudson officiating. Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.
Mr. McDowell was born in Clarks, LA on December 21, 1926 to the union of Jim and Mary Doherty McDowell and died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.
He was a retired carpenter and a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served in the Army.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife: Louise Crockett McDowell, his son: Gerald Keith McDowell and his grandson: Joseph Michael McDowell.
Survivors include his son: Danny McDowell of Grayson, his daughter: Mary Louise Yelvington of West Monroe, his daughter-in-law: Reba Clouatre of Purvis, MS, his brother: Clayton McDowell, his sisters: Jettie Bratton of Columbia and Evelyn Bratton of Kelly, special friends: Debra and Harris Brown of Grayson, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00PM until 8:00PM and Thursday from 8:00AM until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Columbia, LA