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Roy K. "Big Boone" Downs

Roy Downs Obituary

DOWNS, ROY K. "Big Boone"

Of Washington, DC and Clarksburg, WV, on March 1, 2002. Survived by his loving and dedicated companion, Rose Helm; daughter, Barbara A. Thompson; three grandchildren, three sisters, Bernice Whitmyer, Rose Gregory and Wanda Sullivan; three brothers, Larrie Hardy, Algernon McCutcheon and Horace Walker; sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends. Services are private.

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Published by The Washington Post from Mar. 7 to Mar. 14, 2002.

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frankie downs

April 5, 2002

My deepest sympathies to the family of Roy Downs. I was wondering if he might have been related to the Downs family from the western U.S. (Missouri/Texas). John Downs, 93 recently passed away (4 Dec 01). He had 2 sons, John and James, also 2 sisters who were Catholic nuns.

The Staff of Davis Funeral Home

March 2, 2002

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