Charlie Dowdell of Loachapoka

CHARLIE DOWDELL
Funeral service for Mr. Charlie "Big C" Dowdell, 76, of Loachapoka will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, August 29, 2008 at Ebenezer C. M. E. Church with interment in Loachapoka Cemetery. Rev. Hayward Hudson will officiate.

Mr. Dowdell passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at the East Alabama Medical Center. He was a member of Ebenezer C. M. E. Church where he served on the Steward Board. He was a U. S. Army veteran and retired in 1983 from U. S. Steel in Gary, IN.

Survivors: a daughter, Carolyn (Steve) Hopkins, Loachapoka; a son, Jeffrey (Debbie) Dowdell, Newnan, GA; sisters, Florence Ezell and Lois (Charles) Weathers both of Loachapoka; brothers, Willie James Dowdell, Gary, IN and Richard (Narcissus) Dowdell, Cincinnati, OH; stepdaughters, Alice Spence and Belinda Viverette both of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Betty Malone, Gary, IN, Gloria Williams, Hammond, IN and Brenda Viverette, Merrillville, IN; stepsons, David Viverette and Danny Viverette both of Gary, IN; granddaughter, Laticia Dowdell, Atlanta, GA; great grandson, Terrance Dowdell, Atlanta, GA; a host of step grandchildren, step great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Peterson and Williams Funeral Home, directing