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Heavener Ledger
Heavener, Oklahoma
08 December 2009, pg 8
Juanita Marie (Johnnye) Hamby Dowden, 89, passed away Dec. 6,
2009. She was born Jan. 13, 1920 in Heavener to Claude and
Mattie Elizabeth Parham. She graduated from Heavener High School
then attended Oklahoma Baptist University.
She married Warren Laymon Hamby in 1939. She worked as a city
clerk for Poteau, retiring in 1985.
She married Glen Dowden in 1991. She was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Poteau and of the Gamma Omega Philanthropic
Organization.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and two
husbands.
She is survived by her daughter, Joy Hamby of Atlanta, Ga.; a
stepson, Hal and Pat Dowden of Poteau; a brother-in-law, Wayne
Hamby of Poteau; two step-grandchildren. Christy and Marc Bovos
of Poteau and David and Annmarie Dowden of Niceville, Fla.; four
step-great-grandchildren, Matt and Hallie Bovos and Grace and
Madeline Dowden; a niece, Anne George of Oklahoma City; two
nephews, Gary and Sandra Parham of Tahlequah and Don and Pat
Parham of Sunrise Beach, Mo.
A memorial service will be
conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of
Poteau with visitation and lunch served afterward. A prior
service will be held at Oakland Cemetery
prior to the memorial. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund. Arrangements are
under the direction of Dowden Funeral Home, Heavener.
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