Glyn Oliver Downey, 91 years of age, passed away in Coleman at his residence on August 8, 2006. Services were Saturday at 10 a.m. at Walker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kermit Sorrells officiating. Masonic graveside services followed at the Gouldbusk Cemetery Pavilion. Interment followed in the Gouldbusk Cemetery, under the direction of Walker Funeral Home. Masons served as pallbearers.
He was the son of the late Patrick Wesley and Fannie Fern Wilson Downey, was born September 12, 1914 in Leaday, Texas. Glyn was a graduate of Gouldbusk High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937, serving at Randolph Field, San Antonio. He married Emma Nell (Sing) Griffith in Gouldbusk on October 6, 1940. After serving in WW II, he was stationed at Chenault A.F.B., Illinois, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Hondo AFB, Texas, Chambley AFB, France and Travis AFB, California. He retired in 1964, after 30 years in the Air Force and moved back to San Angelo where he was originally an employee of Mooney Aircraft which is a Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, where he was production foreman. After his second retirement, he returned to Gouldbusk where he farmed and ranched, moving to Coleman in 1995. He was a deacon at College Hills Baptist Church of San Angelo and the Gouldbusk Baptist Church. He was a 50 year plus member of the Coleman Masonic Lodge No. 496.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Nell (Sing) Downey of Coleman; one daughter, Beth Sexton of Coleman; one son, Don Downey of San Angelo, Texas; two sisters, Patsy Bartley of Coleman and Doris Dehnel of San Angelo; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Malcolm and Zelma Downey and Sherwood and Jean Downey, all of Coleman.
One brother-in-law and one sister-in-law have preceded him in death.
Published in the Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas
He was the son of the late Patrick Wesley and Fannie Fern Wilson Downey, was born September 12, 1914 in Leaday, Texas. Glyn was a graduate of Gouldbusk High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937, serving at Randolph Field, San Antonio. He married Emma Nell (Sing) Griffith in Gouldbusk on October 6, 1940. After serving in WW II, he was stationed at Chenault A.F.B., Illinois, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Hondo AFB, Texas, Chambley AFB, France and Travis AFB, California. He retired in 1964, after 30 years in the Air Force and moved back to San Angelo where he was originally an employee of Mooney Aircraft which is a Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, where he was production foreman. After his second retirement, he returned to Gouldbusk where he farmed and ranched, moving to Coleman in 1995. He was a deacon at College Hills Baptist Church of San Angelo and the Gouldbusk Baptist Church. He was a 50 year plus member of the Coleman Masonic Lodge No. 496.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Nell (Sing) Downey of Coleman; one daughter, Beth Sexton of Coleman; one son, Don Downey of San Angelo, Texas; two sisters, Patsy Bartley of Coleman and Doris Dehnel of San Angelo; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Malcolm and Zelma Downey and Sherwood and Jean Downey, all of Coleman.
One brother-in-law and one sister-in-law have preceded him in death.
Published in the Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas
Glyn Oliver Downey, 91 years of age, passed away in Coleman at his residence on August 8, 2006. Services were Saturday at 10 a.m. at Walker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kermit Sorrells officiating. Masonic graveside services followed at the Gouldbusk Cemetery Pavilion. Interment followed in the Gouldbusk Cemetery, under the direction of Walker Funeral Home. Masons served as pallbearers.
He was the son of the late Patrick Wesley and Fannie Fern Wilson Downey, was born September 12, 1914 in Leaday, Texas. Glyn was a graduate of Gouldbusk High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937, serving at Randolph Field, San Antonio. He married Emma Nell (Sing) Griffith in Gouldbusk on October 6, 1940. After serving in WW II, he was stationed at Chenault A.F.B., Illinois, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Hondo AFB, Texas, Chambley AFB, France and Travis AFB, California. He retired in 1964, after 30 years in the Air Force and moved back to San Angelo where he was originally an employee of Mooney Aircraft which is a Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, where he was production foreman. After his second retirement, he returned to Gouldbusk where he farmed and ranched, moving to Coleman in 1995. He was a deacon at College Hills Baptist Church of San Angelo and the Gouldbusk Baptist Church. He was a 50 year plus member of the Coleman Masonic Lodge No. 496.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Nell (Sing) Downey of Coleman; one daughter, Beth Sexton of Coleman; one son, Don Downey of San Angelo, Texas; two sisters, Patsy Bartley of Coleman and Doris Dehnel of San Angelo; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Malcolm and Zelma Downey and Sherwood and Jean Downey, all of Coleman.
One brother-in-law and one sister-in-law have preceded him in death.
Published in the Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas
He was the son of the late Patrick Wesley and Fannie Fern Wilson Downey, was born September 12, 1914 in Leaday, Texas. Glyn was a graduate of Gouldbusk High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1937, serving at Randolph Field, San Antonio. He married Emma Nell (Sing) Griffith in Gouldbusk on October 6, 1940. After serving in WW II, he was stationed at Chenault A.F.B., Illinois, Goodfellow AFB, Texas, Hondo AFB, Texas, Chambley AFB, France and Travis AFB, California. He retired in 1964, after 30 years in the Air Force and moved back to San Angelo where he was originally an employee of Mooney Aircraft which is a Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, where he was production foreman. After his second retirement, he returned to Gouldbusk where he farmed and ranched, moving to Coleman in 1995. He was a deacon at College Hills Baptist Church of San Angelo and the Gouldbusk Baptist Church. He was a 50 year plus member of the Coleman Masonic Lodge No. 496.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Nell (Sing) Downey of Coleman; one daughter, Beth Sexton of Coleman; one son, Don Downey of San Angelo, Texas; two sisters, Patsy Bartley of Coleman and Doris Dehnel of San Angelo; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Malcolm and Zelma Downey and Sherwood and Jean Downey, all of Coleman.
One brother-in-law and one sister-in-law have preceded him in death.
Published in the Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas
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