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Cliff Dowdy

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:13 pm
by smokem
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Marion Erwin and Cliff at the 2005 HOF Shoot at the Homegrounds

Dowdy, Jr., Clifton Cox

Saturday, April 11, 2015 12:00 am

GREENSBORO CLIFTON COX DOWDY, JR., 80, OF Greensboro passed peacefully from his earthly existence on April 9, 2015 at Wesley Long Hospital.The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Forbis and Dick Guilford Chapel, 5926 W. Friendly Avenue and a funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Monday April 13, 2015 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3719 Pinetop Road. Interment will immediately follow at Guilford Memorial Park.He was born on February 23, 1935 in Norfolk, Va. to Clifton Cox Dowdy, Sr. and Mavis Newbell Twiford. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Dolly Susan Spence Dowdy, his parents and also a sister, Virginia Newbell Dowdy whom he never knew. He is survived by his three children; daughter, Virginia (Ginny) Beach and husband Richard of Provo, Utah; sons, Spence Dowdy and wife Joan of Apex, NC and Hugh Dowdy and wife Karen of Winston Salem, NC; 14 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Missionary Fund c/o Bishop James Carlson, 3719 Pinetop Road, Greensboro, NC 27410 or to the American Lung Association, 401 Hawthorne Lane Suite 110 - #298, Charlotte, NC 28204.Forbis & Dick, Guilford Chapel is serving the Dowdy family and online condolences may be offered at http://www.forbisanddick.com