Melvin Dowdy Obituary

We are sad to announce that on September 25, 2021 we had to say goodbye to Melvin Dowdy (Pontotoc, Mississippi). Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Melvin Dowdy to show support.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Henry Milton and Nannie Mae Buchanan Dowdy; and the mother of his children Louise McCollum Dowdy. He is survived by: his wife Vanetta Newsum Dowdy; his children, Debbie Henry (Virgil) and Kenny Dowdy (Rhonda); his stepchildren, Donna Sauer (Devin) and Mike Swords (Charlotte); his sisters, Mildred Kidd and Joyce McMillen (Jack); his grandchildren, Melanie Laumann (Chris), Natalie Dowdy Robbins (Christopher), Stephanie Dowdy Davis (Dustin), Tyler Dowdy (Rachel), Julie Kidd Whitfield (Chris) and Matthew Kinkennon (Amanda); his stepgrandsons, Blake Swords and Clint Harper; his great grandchildren, Joshua Jobe, Chandler Laumann, Weston Watkins, Jackson Robbins, Cade Robbins, Connor Norris, Laken Norris, Taylor Norris, Abby Whitfield, Asher Whitfield, Olivia Whitfield, Will Whitfield, Isaiah Whitfield and Memory Kinkennon; his stepgreat-grandchildren, Travance Whitfield, Tylan Whitfield (Emily), Tariq Whitfield, Taran Whitfield, Sariah Whitfield and Natalie Harper; and his great great grandchildren, Adalynn and Carston Jobe.