Petonia Downs
Posted: April 19, 2019
MABEN — Petonia Downs, 89, died April 17, 2019, at her residence. Services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Rhodes officiating. Burial will follow at Pheba Cemetery in Pheba. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Calvert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Downs was born March 13, 1930, in Ripley, to the late Henry Luther and Roxie Hunnsucker Shelton. She was a member of Pheba Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harvery Leo Downs; and a number of siblings. She is survived by her daughters, Glenda C. Prather and Carolyn McFalls, both of Maben, Dianne Cook and Charlotte Bennett, both of Memphis, Tennessee; son, Lex Wilson of Memphis; 17 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Paton Miller, Jeff Meisenholder, Will Meisenholder, Brad Golson, Reggie Dill, Sam Dill, Dwayne Perry and Joe Jernigan. Memorials may be made to Pheba Cemetery Care Fund, c/o Becky McNeel, P.O. Box 23, Pheba, MS 39750.