Molly Dowden Howard Goings

Molly Yvonne Dowden Howard Goings, age 71, of Natchitoches, La., passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at Christus Shumpert Highland Hospital in Shreveport, La. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, La., where the family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Friday, September 26, 2008. The funeral service will be at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home at 1:00 PM Saturday, September 27, 2008, with Rev. Wayne Hicks officiating. Interment will be at Pisgah Cemetery in Belmont, La. Mrs. Molly was a funny, loving, generous, strong willed, and persuasive person. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars. She loved to dance and fish. Her main love in life was her children and grandchildren. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and will be dearly missed by all. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray Goings; her second husband, Hugh "Dootsie" Howard; her parents, Joseph Dowden and Annie Antilley Dowden; and two sisters, Wanda Hinton and Edna Stiles. She is survived by one daughter, Kathy Cook and husband Donn of Tyler, Tx.; one son, Kenneth Goings and wife Sharon of Lindale, Tx., five grandchildren, Brent Beckham, Matthew Bechham, Anthony Goings, KayLeigh Cook, and Dylan Cook; two great-grandchildren, Kirsten Beckham and Danika Beckham; and one brother, Joseph Ernest Dowden, Jr. and wife Betty of Port Barre, La.