Mabel Cora (Crew) Downs

Funeral service for Mrs. Mabel Cora Crew Downs will be 3 PM Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, Montgomery, with Rev. Jimmy Walker officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Montgomery, La. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 23, 2009 from 5 PM until 9 PM and on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 9 AM until service time in the church. Mrs. Downs, 86, passed away, Monday, June 22, 2009, at her residence in Montgomery, after a lengthy illness. She was born October 17, 1922 to the union of the late Frank Willet Crew and Mary Ola Garner Crew. She retired from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul C. Downs, Sr.; one son, Paul C. Downs, Jr.; sister, Betty Jo Crew Rasberry and her husband C. E. Rasberry; brother Frank Willet Crew, Jr; grandson, David Ruble. Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Rosemary Downs Ruble of Montgomery; grandsons, Charles and Brandon Ruble both of Montgomery; granddaughter, Melissa Allyn of Denham Springs; great-grandchildren, Conley and Paul Allyn, Christina Bowlin all of Denham Springs; great-great-grandchildren, Kaylee and Kayleigh Bowlin; sisiter-in-law, Sarah Crew; nephew, Danny Crew and family; niece, Barbara McKinney and family and Gayle Johnson and family; numerous cousins and many close friends. Pallbearers will be Charles Ruble, Brandon Ruble, Conley Allyn, Paul Allyn, Kenneth Neal, Frank Bandy, Danny Crew, and John Garner. Honorary pallbearers will be James Otis Garner, Carlos Brady, Jack Smith and Billy Giddens. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Montgomery, La.