Individual Details

Pearle Irene Downs

(15 Dec 1893 - 6 May 1970)

The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Thursday, May 7, 1970, Page 8, Col. 8: Watts, Mrs. Pearl Downs, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, at her residence in Pineville. She was 76, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., and a retired registered nurse. Body at Hixon Brothers Funeral Home, Alexandria, until 8 a.m. Thursday, when it will be taken to the Improve Baptist Church, Improve, Miss. Religious services at the church at 2 p.m. Thursday. Interment in the Improve Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, Mrs. Bernice Kirkpatrick, Pineville, Mrs. Rosemary Shaw, Zachary, and Mrs. Winnie Taranto, Prairieville; two brothers, Paul Downs, Jackson, Miss., and John Downs, Fort Knox, Ky.; three sisters, Mrs. Hilda Pickens, Indianola, Miss., Mrs. Olive Cade, Lexington, Miss., and Mrs. Nell D. Journey, Greenwood, Miss.; 12 grandchildren. and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband Carlos Watts.

Events

Birth15 Dec 1893Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana
Residence1900Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana
Marriage1921Carlos Arvin Watts
Marriage6 Jun 1922Cook Co., Illinois - Carlos Arvin Watts
Residence1930Wilmington, New Hanover Co., North Carolina
Residence1 Apr 1940Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Residence1957Bartow, Polk Co., Florida
Death6 May 1970Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Alt namePearle Irene Downs
Alt namePearle I Downs
BurialImprove Cemetery, Marion Co., Mississippi

Families

SpouseCarlos Arvin Watts (1899 - 1969)
ChildMildred "Bernice" Watts (1926 - 1986)

Endnotes

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2. Find A Grave.

3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Find A Grave.

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

13. Find A Grave.