- Name: Myra Jean Whiteard Downs
Gender: Female
Age at Death: 63
Residence: Goodwater, Alabama, USA
Date of Birth: 29 May 1948
Birth Place: Alexander City, Alabama, USA
Date of Death: 24 Mar 2012
Source Location: Alexander, Alabama, USA
Spouse: Robert Jerry Downs
Children: Candace D. Eskew (Patrick) of Springville
Parents: Linzy Odell Whiteard
[Gladys Hawthorne Whiteard Burnett]
Brothers and Sisters: Carolyn Whiteard; James O. Whiteard
Full Obituary: Mrs. Myra Jean Whiteard Downs Date of Birth 05/29/1948 Date of Death 03/24/2012 Funeral service for Mrs. Myra Jean Whiteard Downs, 63, of Goodwater, will be Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 11:00 am at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Rev. David Sherrell, Rev. Zenus Windsor and Randy Anderson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hackneyville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, March 26, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Downs passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Russell Medical Center. She was born on May 29, 1948 in Alexander City, Alabama to Linzy Odell Whiteard and Gladys Hawthorne Whiteard Burnett. She attended Hackneyville United Methodist Church since she returned to Goodwater. She graduated from New Site High School and from Joseph Coiffuers Cosmetology School where she later worked as a cosmetologist and she also operated a home salon. She worked for many years as a census enumerator. She loved gardening, antiques, her family, entertaining, and taking care of others. Mrs. Downs enjoyed traveling, collecting angels, flowers and hugs (she gave the best hugs in the world). She was a Christian, loving wife, mother, and Grammy who was a joy to be around. She was known as a person who was full of life, a keeper of peace, and stronger and more determined than any other woman in the world. She will surely be missed but she is now running with the angels and enjoying the beauty of Heaven. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Robert Jerry Downs of Goodwater; daughter, Candace D. Eskew (Patrick) of Springville; sons, Robert Jason Downs (Patricia) of Odenville and Michael Jeremy Downs of Trussville; and 9 Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one young sister, Carolyn Whiteard; and one brother, James O. Whiteard.
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1948 - 2012 (63 years)
