Vida Lou "Billie" Downs, 81, of Panama, passed away Thursday,
Dec. 26, 2002, at Pocola. She was born Dec. 13, 1921. She was a member of
the First Baptist Church of Panama and worked in day care.
Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Patsy Goines of
Spiro, Barbara and Richard Klahn and Beverly and Barry Fisher, all of
Panama; two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas Eugene and Alice Downs of
Mannford and Kenneth and Judy Downs of Muldrow; 12 grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; one sister, Rdella DeWitt of Stockton, Calif.; and
one sister-in-law, Doris Hayes of Schenectady, N.Y.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the First Baptist
Church of Panama with Bro. Larry Harris officiating. Burial will follow in
Fairview Cemetery at Panama
under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Duncan, J.D. Ollar, Harold Dodson, Bill
Barlow, Johnny Bell, Rick Anderson and Landy Stankewitz.
