Coolidge Dowdy

FOUR OAKS:  Mr. Coolidge Graham Dowdy, age 90, of 2198 Hockaday Road died Sunday morning at his residence.  Graveside Services will be held 12 Noon Friday at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Four Oaks.  Officiating will be Rev. Billy Nowell. Mr. Dowdy was born September 20, 1924 in Johnston County to the late Lonnie Graham and Callie Ellis Dowdy.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-seven years, Dorothy Grace Thompson Dowdy.  Mr. Dowdy was retired from the US Dept. of Agriculture and a member of Bethel Free Will Baptist Church.  He was a veteran of the US Army Air Corp, the US Army, and the Army National Guard, having served in WWII and the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his sons, Lynwood Dowdy and wife, Elaine of Fayetteville and Maxton Lee Dowdy of Four Oaks; grandsons, Taylor Dowdy and Samuel Dowdy; sister, Ruby Freeman; and several nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends from 11:00AM until 12 Noon, Friday at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Four Oaks. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Special Olympics North Carolina, 2200 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 201, Morrisville, NC 27560-9122.