Barbara Jean Downs

Barbara J. Thetford Downs, 67, of Daisetta, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, at the Cross Plains Cemetery in Cross Plains, TX. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Barbara was born April 13, 1946, in Pearsall, to parents: Harold Thetford and Bobbie Mae Watson, was a former resident of Cross Plains, and has resided in Daisetta for the past 32 years. She was a homemaker, member of the First Assembly of God in Daisetta, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, bird watching, and camping. Mrs. Downs was preceded in death by her father: Harold Thetford; stepfather: Ted Casey; daughter: Sierra Ethridge; stepdaughter: Rhonda Downs Luce; sister: Margaret Owings; and grandparents: Troy and Myrtle “Mae” Watson. She is survived by her husband of 32 years: Johnny M. “Buddy” Downs of Daisetta; sons: Gary E. “Eugene” Ford of Cross Plains, James B. “Brian” Ford and wife Jennifer of Daisetta, and Corey Ford and wife Heather of Liberty; stepdaughters: Jody Guidry of Daisetta and Susan Bell and husband James of Channelview; stepson: Johnny M. Downs, Jr. of Daisetta; mother: Bobbie M. Watson Casey of Cross Plains; sisters: Debbie Mathis of Cross Plains, Sandra Abernathy of Brownwood, and Pam Thetford of Cross Plains; brother: Max Thetford and wife Linda of Brownwood; son-in-law: Buddy Luce of Daisetta; 16 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.