It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Carl Dowden of Mountain Grove, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 96, on August 5, 2023. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Carl Dowden to show support.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Alfred "Al" Dowden and Amanda Dowden (Crisp); his wife Alice Jewel Allen; his great grandchild Jonathan Privette; and his siblings, Coy, Ray, Ralph, Roy Dowden, Velma Chambers, Myrtle Weber, Dorothy Hunt and Della Newton.

He is survived by : his children, Gene Dowden (Delesa) of Manes, Connie Buttram of Manes, Carla Long (Steve) of Hartville and Barbara Francis (Charles) of Lebanon; and his grandchildren, Landon Buttram (Cheyenne) of Manes, Heather Manning, Jennifer Cinkosky (Jeramie) of Lebanon, Daniel Francis of Springfield, Nathan Dowden of Manes, Caleb Dowden (Liz) of Manes, Lisa Koenig (Tanner) of Manes, Cassondra Dowden of Poplar Bluff, Sherry Privette of Statesville and Karissa Butcher (Nathan) of Lebanon. He is also survived by twenty great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, and many other relatives, friends, and neighbors.

The family requests donations be made to Evening Shade Cemetery.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home - Mountain Grove