Grace M. Downs

Grace M. Downs, 76, of Tamaroa, departed this life at 12:01 P.M., Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at Fair Acres Nursing Home in Du Quoin where she resided for five weeks.
Grace was a homemaker and had lived in Ashley until the death of her husband Bill on December 2, 2001.  Following that she lived with several family members: Pete and Kaye Hay Craft, Phyllis and Howard George and John and Alda Fred. 
She was born May 26, 1926 at Tamaroa, IL, the daughter of David and Grace (Cowley) Crowe.
She married William Richard Downs on May 17, 1973 at Jonesboro, IL and he preceded her in death.
She is survived by one son - Donald Taylor of St. Louis, Missouri, step-son - Leroy Taylor and wife Sharon of Tamaroa, sister Edna Woodrome and husband Frank of Tamaroa, sister-in-law - Susan Crowe of Tamaroa, several nieces and nephews and special family friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands - Roy Taylor and William Downs, daughter - Della Faye Taylor, sisters - Ella Crowe, Anna Finney, and Muriel Johnson, brothers - John, Paul, James, Albert, and George Crowe.
Funeral services were at 1:30 P.M., Sunday, April 13, 2003 at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa with Rev. Joseph Crowe officiating.
Friends called from 5 to 8 P.M., Saturday at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa.
Interment was in the Tamaroa Cemetery at Tamaroa.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tamaroa Cemetery, the Alzheimer's Association or Hospice of Perry County.
