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Dora Faye MILLER DOWNS

Kelton Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

May 21, 1917-March 19, 1989

Beloved mother of Jerral and Larry

*Photo/information, courtesy of Robert L. Jones

*Obituary
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 55, Number 18, Thursday, March 30, 1989, Page 1)

Services Held For Dora Faye Downs

Dora Faye Downs, 71, a former area resident, died Sunday, March 19.

Services were held March 22, in Frist [sic] Baptist Church at Cheyenne, OK. Rev. Jerry Perryman of Clinton, OK. and Rev. Ken Shiplet officiated. Burial was in the Kelton Cemetery by Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne.

Born in Stonewall, OK. Mrs. Downs grew up in Kelton. She married Audrey Downs in 1941 at Perryton. They lived in Perryton, Wheeler, Mobeetie and Shamrock before moving to Cheyenne in 1963. She operated a day care center in Cheyenne for several years. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Martha Sunday School Class.

Survivors include 3 sons Jerral Wayne Downs of Houston, Larry Glen Downs of McAlester, OK, and Terry Lee Downs of Shamrock; 3 sisters Bernice Balusek of Kilgore, Tex., Onetta Pierce Cheyenne, OK. and Lena Goss of Gainesville, TX.; 3 brothers John L. Miller of Chama, N.M., Otto Miller of Pampa and Tom Joiner of Mangum, OK. and 7 grandchildren.

Contributed on 1/18/22

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Submitted: 1/18/22 • Approved: 1/18/22 • Last Updated: 1/21/22 • R482594-G482593-S3

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