Individual Details

Adelle Mathews Dowdy, age 87, died March 15, 2004. Graveside services will be held today at 2:00 p.m. at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. Dr. Carl Wells officiating. Visitation is one hour prior to service at the chapel. Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing.
Survivors include daughter, Diane Dowdy Gregg, McCalla; son, Alex M. Dowdy, Jr., Tuscaloosa; grandchildren, Joseph Stewart, Susan Stewart, and great-grandson, Benjamin Stewart.
A graduate of The University of Alabama, she taught at Tuscaloosa High School. A member of First Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa Retired Teachers, American Assn. Of University Women and Worthwhile Study Club. A senior volunteer at DCH for 25 years.
The Tuscaloosa News 16 March 2004

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Birth	13 Apr 1916	Duncanville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared	7 Apr 1930	(Luther Martin Mathews and Mary Edith Jane Thompson) Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Marriage	17 Jun 1939	Alabama City, Etowah County, Alabama - Alex McClure Dowdy
Death	15 Mar 2004	Duncanville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Burial		Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Spouse	Alex McClure Dowdy (1905 - 1958)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Luther Martin Mathews (1876 - 1960)
Mother	Mary Edith Jane Thompson (1878 - 1951)
Sibling	Foster David Mathews Sr. (1902 - 1982)
Sibling	James Francis Mathews (1904 - 1961)
Sibling	Kathryn Lee Mathews (1907 - 2004)
Sibling	Festus Newton Mathews (1909 - 1987)
Sibling	Andrew Hobson Mathews (1912 - 1953)
Sibling	Oala Ross Mathews (1919 - 1987)
Sibling	Mary Edith Mathews (1922 - 1922)

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