Agnes Brooks Downs - Lake City

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Agnes Brooks Downs, 77, of Lake City died Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. She was born at Huntsville, Ala., and was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, George Downs of Lake City; two daughters, Marie Wojciechowski of Lake City and Sue Bond of Lunsford; three sons, Donnie Peaster and Charles Peaster, both of Lake City, and Andy Peaster of Brookland; six brothers, Johnny Russell, Ronald Russell, Richard Russell and Larry Russell, all of Indianapolis, Edward Russell of Dover, Tenn., John Barry Russell of Decatur, Texas; a sister, Betty Hansern of Jonesboro; 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters and a grandson.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Langford's Funeral Service Chapel in Jonesboro with Rev. Raymond Clark officiating. Burial was in Pine Log Cemetery near Brookland.