Obituary of Robert James Dowell

DowellJim Visitation Friday, April 3, 2009 4-8 PM Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home Funeral Service Saturday, April 4, 2009 11 AM Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home Burial Reger Chapel Cem.-Brushy Fork Robert James “Jim” Dowell Robert James “Jim” Dowell, age 84, of Buckhannon, WV died Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. He was born November 28, 1924 in Buckhannon, a son of the late William Lewis and Bessie Jane Corathers Dowell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Rhonda Gail Shipley; three brothers, Myers, Page and Keith Dowell and two sisters, Nora Smith and Dorothy Sowder. Mr. Dowell is survived by his wife, Evelyn Simmons Dowell of Buckhannon; two daughters, Barbara Ann Shipley and husband Randal and Camella L. Crites and husband Tom, all of Buckhannon; two sons, James E. Dowell and wife Louise of Buckhannon and Roger Alan Dowell and wife Candace of Summerville, SC; two step daughters, Roxanne Harlow and family of Buckhannon and Vicky Newlon and family of Cleveland, OH; three step sons, Bob Simmons and family of Buckhannon, Donnie Simmons and family of Weston, WV and Steve Simmons and family of Cleveland; two granddaughters, Melissa Dowell of Pickens, SC and Katrina Dendy and three great grandchildren of Greenville, SC; two grandsons, Travis Shipley and Gerald Zirkle, wife Rena and great grandson, Weldon, all of Buckhannon; two step granddaughters, Jennifer Cutright and husband Caleb of Bridgeport, WV and Jillana Chenoweth and girls of Jane Lew, WV; three step grandsons, Chuck Nolan and family of Buckhannon, Ronnie Nolan, wife Gwen and family of Stanley, NC and Scott Chenoweth of Shinnston, WV; a brother, Howard Jonathan Dowell of Buckhannon; a sister, Katherine Goldsmith and husband Jack of Greenwood, WV; a sister-in-law, Mary Lou Dowell of Buckhannon and several nieces and nephews. He was a carpenter and a Methodist by faith. Friends will be received from 4-8 PM, Friday, April 3, 2009 at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. William C. Eskew, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Reger Chapel UM Church Cemetery on Brushy Fork. Buckhannon VFW Post # 3663, Frank B. Bartlett Post # 7 American Legion and DAV Chapters # 5 and #36 will conduct military honors at the graveside. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements