Mrs. Mary Nell Rowell Downs

May 22, 1938 - August 23, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Nell Rowell Downs, 80, of Henderson, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 25, 2018, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Tom Jones, Rodger Love, and Bob Payne officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Downs was born May 22, 1938, in Henderson to the late Mannie D. and Bessie (Jennings) Rowell. Mary Nell moved to Houston in 1956 and moved back home to Henderson in 1986. She had been a clerk for Fluor Engineering and later retired from Walmart as a checker. Mrs. Downs was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, Leldon J. Rowell and Robert Wayne Rowell; and sister, Fern Rowell Love. Survivors include: children, Wendy Fleck and husband Greg of Fresno, Texas, and Damon Downs of Houston; sister, Imogene Rowell Maurer and husband Wallace of League City; brother, James D. Rowell and wife Joan of Henderson; sister-in-law, Ina Rowell of Henderson; grandchildren, Jonathan Fleck and wife Charity of Fresno, Texas, and Angela Fleck of Fresno, Texas; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends. Pallbearers will be Gary Rowell, Darren Rowell, Eric Rowell, Greg Fleck, Jonathan Fleck, and Earl Roger. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.