Forrest Marshall DOWDY
- Born: 17 Apr 1919, Fort Spring, Greenbrier Co., WV 31,55
- Marriage: Beatrice Marie KELLY in 1939 6
- Died: 6 Jan 1974, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 54 31,55
- Buried: 8 Jan 1974, Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV 31
General Notes:
Beckley Post-Herald, 8 January 1974
Rites Set Today For F. M. Dowdy
FORT SPRINGS (RNS) - Forrest Marshall Dowdy, 54, of Fort Springs was dead on arrival Sunday morning at a Ronceverte hospital.
He was a lifelong resident of Fort Springs and was a member of the Baptist Church.
Dowdy was a foreman for the Acme Limestone Company.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice; a daughter, Mrs. Joann Conner of Flint, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. Lovilla Holcomb of Alderson and Mrs. Marylin Barger of Waterloo, Iowa, and five grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ronceverte with Rev. L. L. McDaniel and Rev. Nathaniel Johnson in charge. Burial will be in Greenbrier Memorial Gardens in Lewisburg.
Forrest married Beatrice Marie KELLY, daughter of Virgil Vestavis KELLY and Mary Elizabeth CROOKSHANKS, in 1939.6 (Beatrice Marie KELLY was born on 13 Jul 1918 in Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV,55,124 died on 18 Jan 1977 in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV 31,55 and was buried in Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV 424.)
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