William E. Dowden

Funeral Service for Mr. William E. “Bill” Dowden will be at 11 am Saturday, April 11, 2009 in the Chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery of Natchitoches. The family will receive friends from 6pm until 8pm on Friday, April 10, 2009 at Blanchard St. Denis. Mr. Dowden, 85, of Natchitoches passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II. He retired as a roofing and sheet metal contractor after many years of service to the Natchitoches area. He is survived by his son, Billy Dowden and his wife Dolly; daughter, Brenda Sue Dowden; brothers, Hubert Dowden, Edwin Dowden, and Joseph Dowden; six grandchildren, Tina, Debbie, Mike, Tony, Krista and Karla; and eleven great grandchildren. He was preceded by his wife, Mary Ladell Dowden; a daughter, Mary Elma Dowden; parents, William McKinley Dowden and Willie Rosetta Valentine Dowden; three sisters, Elner Withers, Eunice Trahan and Earl Chance; a brother, Huey Dowden.