Thearda Rose Dowden

Thearda Rose Dowden, 44, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Saturday, August 24, 2013 in Lake Charles, LA.  Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Dale Dowden of DeRidder, LA; sons, Steve Aaron Phillips and Shawn Alan Phillips of Alabama; daughter, Tiffany Rochelle Phillips of Alabama; brothers, Jimmy Jenkins of DeRidder, LA, Johnny Jenkins of DeRidder, LA, L.B. Jenkins of McNary, LA and Jack Jenkins of Montgomery, LA; sisters, Brenda Ramsey of Gardner, LA, Lois Norman of Gardner, LA, Charlotte Rose of Cotile Lake, LA and Mary Jane Jenkins of DeRidder, LA; and 2 grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and Mary Jenkins.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Spring Creek Baptist Church in Bundick Lake, beginning at 1:30pm until the time of funeral service on Monday, August 26, 2013 at 1:00pm.  Burial will follow at Holly Springs Cemetery in Ft. Polk, LA.  Rev. Dalton Isbell will officiate.