Obituary of Andrew V. Downs

Andy Downs passed away on January 18, 2010 at age 87. The family will be receiving friends at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon from 1-8 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 and from 10 a.m. to service on Thursday. The chapel service, conducted by Brother Forest Creekmore, is 1 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2010. Interment in Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Harry Sandidge, Mark Brown, Jeff Downs, Larry Cantrell, Tony Kirkpatrick, and Jerry Grissom. Honorary Pallbearers: Members at Friendship Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to Alive Hospice at Skyline Madison Campus (500 Hospital Drive, 2nd Floor, Madison TN 37115, 615.860.6407). He was a veteran of WWII and the Battle of the Bulge. He earned many medals including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Combat Infantry Badge. He was a member of American Legion Post 15 and the Disabled American Veterans. He owned and operated Andy"s Sharpening Service for several years. Survivors include daughters: Angela Downs, Gina (Todd) Larimer and Shirley (Randall) Riley; brother Irving (Velma) Downs; sisters: Frances Tucker of IN, Ann Grissom and Virginia Phillips of Gallatin TN, and Emma Haggard of Lebanon TN; grandchildren: Chris Downs, Quisana Turner, Amanda Riley, and Blake Riley; 5 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and very special friends: Harry and Madge Sandidge. He is preceded in death by parents James and Maude Wallace Downs; brothers James, Thomas, and William, and daughter Janice Crouch.