Claude Albert "C.A." Dowdy, Jr., 87, of Clifton, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, April 11, in the First Baptist Church in Clifton. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at Clifton Funeral Home.
Claude Albert was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Claude A Dowdy and Hallie Faye Walters Dowdy, the oldest of three children. He lived in Dallas until his junior year in high school then moved to Clifton with his family. He graduated from Clifton High School and attended Clifton College. Claude left Clifton and started working for the Mercantile Bank in Dallas as a bookkeeper for a number of years. He then went to work for Texas Power and Light which became TXU Energy. He worked first as a draftsman and then moved outdoors as a field engineer. Claude loved this job which he held from 1955 to 1987. He took an early retirement offer in 1987 from TXU.
Claude married Joy Thompson in 1990 in Irving. They moved back to Clifton in 1992 and have made their home in Clifton since that time. Claude joined the First Baptist Church and that became a vital part of his life. He served as an usher, teller, deacon, and on multiple committees and ministry groups. He enjoyed Senior Adult ministry and especially game day – he loved to play "42". Claude worked at the Clifton Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, VBS, AARP, and was also part of an intercessory prayer group that met on a weekly basis for years.
Claude loved history and particularly the history of trains and railroading. He traveled to take trips on most all of the narrow gauge railroads in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. He was an avid model train enthusiast and had built a number of HO scale model railroads with multiple engines and trains with all sorts of landscapes. Claude was a rail fan and never got tired of learning new information regarding the history of railroading in the United States and the world. He was also an avid Ford enthusiast and loved the oldies.
He was preceded in death by grandmother, Viola Harris Walters, who helped raise him.
Survivors include his wife, Joy Dowdy; brother, Bill Dowdy and wife, Karen, of Waco; sister, Janie Sue Ward, of Waxahachie; step-children: Valerie Thompson, of Irving, James Thompson and wife, Donna, of Clifton, Jonathan Thompson and wife, Carolin, of Tioga, and Jay Thompson and wife, Sherry, of Arlington; step-grandchildren: Aaron, Jason, Jennifer, James, Jacob, and Jon David Thompson; as well as five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews and extended family.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/9/2014
The Clifton Record: 5/7/2014...L15
Claude Albert was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Claude A Dowdy and Hallie Faye Walters Dowdy, the oldest of three children. He lived in Dallas until his junior year in high school then moved to Clifton with his family. He graduated from Clifton High School and attended Clifton College. Claude left Clifton and started working for the Mercantile Bank in Dallas as a bookkeeper for a number of years. He then went to work for Texas Power and Light which became TXU Energy. He worked first as a draftsman and then moved outdoors as a field engineer. Claude loved this job which he held from 1955 to 1987. He took an early retirement offer in 1987 from TXU.
Claude married Joy Thompson in 1990 in Irving. They moved back to Clifton in 1992 and have made their home in Clifton since that time. Claude joined the First Baptist Church and that became a vital part of his life. He served as an usher, teller, deacon, and on multiple committees and ministry groups. He enjoyed Senior Adult ministry and especially game day – he loved to play "42". Claude worked at the Clifton Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, VBS, AARP, and was also part of an intercessory prayer group that met on a weekly basis for years.
Claude loved history and particularly the history of trains and railroading. He traveled to take trips on most all of the narrow gauge railroads in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. He was an avid model train enthusiast and had built a number of HO scale model railroads with multiple engines and trains with all sorts of landscapes. Claude was a rail fan and never got tired of learning new information regarding the history of railroading in the United States and the world. He was also an avid Ford enthusiast and loved the oldies.
He was preceded in death by grandmother, Viola Harris Walters, who helped raise him.
Survivors include his wife, Joy Dowdy; brother, Bill Dowdy and wife, Karen, of Waco; sister, Janie Sue Ward, of Waxahachie; step-children: Valerie Thompson, of Irving, James Thompson and wife, Donna, of Clifton, Jonathan Thompson and wife, Carolin, of Tioga, and Jay Thompson and wife, Sherry, of Arlington; step-grandchildren: Aaron, Jason, Jennifer, James, Jacob, and Jon David Thompson; as well as five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews and extended family.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/9/2014
The Clifton Record: 5/7/2014...L15
Claude Albert "C.A." Dowdy, Jr., 87, of Clifton, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Friday, April 11, in the First Baptist Church in Clifton. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at Clifton Funeral Home.
Claude Albert was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Claude A Dowdy and Hallie Faye Walters Dowdy, the oldest of three children. He lived in Dallas until his junior year in high school then moved to Clifton with his family. He graduated from Clifton High School and attended Clifton College. Claude left Clifton and started working for the Mercantile Bank in Dallas as a bookkeeper for a number of years. He then went to work for Texas Power and Light which became TXU Energy. He worked first as a draftsman and then moved outdoors as a field engineer. Claude loved this job which he held from 1955 to 1987. He took an early retirement offer in 1987 from TXU.
Claude married Joy Thompson in 1990 in Irving. They moved back to Clifton in 1992 and have made their home in Clifton since that time. Claude joined the First Baptist Church and that became a vital part of his life. He served as an usher, teller, deacon, and on multiple committees and ministry groups. He enjoyed Senior Adult ministry and especially game day – he loved to play "42". Claude worked at the Clifton Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, VBS, AARP, and was also part of an intercessory prayer group that met on a weekly basis for years.
Claude loved history and particularly the history of trains and railroading. He traveled to take trips on most all of the narrow gauge railroads in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. He was an avid model train enthusiast and had built a number of HO scale model railroads with multiple engines and trains with all sorts of landscapes. Claude was a rail fan and never got tired of learning new information regarding the history of railroading in the United States and the world. He was also an avid Ford enthusiast and loved the oldies.
He was preceded in death by grandmother, Viola Harris Walters, who helped raise him.
Survivors include his wife, Joy Dowdy; brother, Bill Dowdy and wife, Karen, of Waco; sister, Janie Sue Ward, of Waxahachie; step-children: Valerie Thompson, of Irving, James Thompson and wife, Donna, of Clifton, Jonathan Thompson and wife, Carolin, of Tioga, and Jay Thompson and wife, Sherry, of Arlington; step-grandchildren: Aaron, Jason, Jennifer, James, Jacob, and Jon David Thompson; as well as five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews and extended family.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/9/2014
The Clifton Record: 5/7/2014...L15
Claude Albert was born in Dallas, Texas, to the late Claude A Dowdy and Hallie Faye Walters Dowdy, the oldest of three children. He lived in Dallas until his junior year in high school then moved to Clifton with his family. He graduated from Clifton High School and attended Clifton College. Claude left Clifton and started working for the Mercantile Bank in Dallas as a bookkeeper for a number of years. He then went to work for Texas Power and Light which became TXU Energy. He worked first as a draftsman and then moved outdoors as a field engineer. Claude loved this job which he held from 1955 to 1987. He took an early retirement offer in 1987 from TXU.
Claude married Joy Thompson in 1990 in Irving. They moved back to Clifton in 1992 and have made their home in Clifton since that time. Claude joined the First Baptist Church and that became a vital part of his life. He served as an usher, teller, deacon, and on multiple committees and ministry groups. He enjoyed Senior Adult ministry and especially game day – he loved to play "42". Claude worked at the Clifton Food Bank, Meals on Wheels, VBS, AARP, and was also part of an intercessory prayer group that met on a weekly basis for years.
Claude loved history and particularly the history of trains and railroading. He traveled to take trips on most all of the narrow gauge railroads in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. He was an avid model train enthusiast and had built a number of HO scale model railroads with multiple engines and trains with all sorts of landscapes. Claude was a rail fan and never got tired of learning new information regarding the history of railroading in the United States and the world. He was also an avid Ford enthusiast and loved the oldies.
He was preceded in death by grandmother, Viola Harris Walters, who helped raise him.
Survivors include his wife, Joy Dowdy; brother, Bill Dowdy and wife, Karen, of Waco; sister, Janie Sue Ward, of Waxahachie; step-children: Valerie Thompson, of Irving, James Thompson and wife, Donna, of Clifton, Jonathan Thompson and wife, Carolin, of Tioga, and Jay Thompson and wife, Sherry, of Arlington; step-grandchildren: Aaron, Jason, Jennifer, James, Jacob, and Jon David Thompson; as well as five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews and extended family.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 4/9/2014
The Clifton Record: 5/7/2014...L15
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