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Arthur Griggs William H. Killian, Jr. James T. Middlebrooks 
 
James A. (Tony) Patrick, Jr. Michael Robinson James Stokes 
 
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The family is sincerely grateful for every act and expression of kindness and love that have helped sustain us during this period of transition. May God bless each and everyone of you. 
 
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Tuesday, February 20, 1996 -11:00 A.M.- 
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The Reverend Edmond Kemp Officiating 
 
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Bernece Latimer Dowdy, the third of five children, was born on August 27, 1916 in Toccoa, Georgia to John Newton Franklin Latimer, M.D. and Helen Walker Latimer. The family lived in Toccoa where Dr. Latimer practiced medicine until 1927 when they moved to Atlanta, Georgia. 
Bernece graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, attended Spelman College, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina in 1939. 
At Benedict, she met Sam Bernard Dowdy, who would become her loving and devoted husband of more than fiftyfour years. Two daughters were born to this union, Bernice LaMelle and Hope Alexis. 
Mrs. Dowdy taught in the public schools in Bennettsville, South Carolina for three years. She then became a fulltime homemaker and worked part-time for the U.S. Department of Labor for sixteen years. 
She was a long time member of Wheat Street Baptist Church and President and Treasurer of the KisKis Bridge Club. But most of all, she was a loving and devoted wife and mother, and a supportive family member. 
Bernece Latimer Dowdy was called from labor to reward on Friday, February 16, 1996. In addition to her husband, Sam Dowdy, and children, Bernice Dowdy McDaniel, Columbus, Ohio and Hope Dowdy, Atlanta, Georgia, she is survived by sisters, Ruth Johnson Jackson, Atlanta and E. Clas Latimer, Cleveland, Ohio; grandsons, William T. "Teddy" McDaniel, Brooklyn, New York and Elliot B. McDaniel, Columbus, Ohio; son-in-law, Dr. William T. McDaniel, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; nephew, William Jefferson, Jr. and his wife Miranda and children Natalie and Louis, Atlanta; and a host of other relatives and friends. 
While parting pains us all, her love is everlasting. "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... " 
 
PRELUDE 
PROCESSIONAL 
HYMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Blessed Assurance" SCRIPTURE: 
The Old Testament, Psalm 46 The New Testament, II Corinthians 1:1-9 
PRAYER 
SELECTION ............................... "Just As I Am" 
TRIBUTE .. .. ........................... Dr. Willie Bolden 
OBITUARY (Read Silently) 
SOLO ................. . . . ... . ...... . . .. . .. Oliver Sueing 
CELEBRATION OF LIFE ... . .......... .. .... The Reverend Edmond T. Kemp 
Pastor, Alexander Memorial A. M.E. Church ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
RECESSIONAL 
POSTLUDE 
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Westview Cemetery 1680 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd., Southwest 
Atlanta, Georgia