Vida Lou "Billie" Downs, 81, of Panama, passed away Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Pocola. She was born Dec. 13, 1921. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Panama and worked in day care.
Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Patsy Goines of Spiro, Barbara and Richard Klahn and Beverly and Barry Fisher, all of Panama; two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas Eugene and Alice Downs of Mannford and Kenneth and Judy Downs of Muldrow; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Rdella DeWitt of Stockton, Calif.; and one sister-in-law, Doris Hayes of Schenectady, N.Y.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the First Baptist Church of Panama with Bro. Larry Harris officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery at Panama under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.
Pallbearers will be Sonny Duncan, J.D. Ollar, Harold Dodson, Bill Barlow, Johnny Bell, Rick Anderson and Landy Stankewitz.