In Memory

Janice Claborn (Downing)

Born in Hartford County, Arkansas she moved to Santa Maria in 1944.  She married Donald Ray Downing and together they raised three children. (Excerpted from the Santa Maria Times)



 
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08/16/10 04:31 PM #1    

Anita Nooger (Nichols)

Janis JoAnn CLABORN Downing (2003)

Janis was born in Hartford County, Arkansas, the youngest of seven children.  The family moved to Santa Maria in 1944.   She was married to Donald Ray Downing for almost 44 years.  They raised three children and took numerous others under their wing.  When her eldest sister Lucille died, she helped her mother raise Lucille’s two children.  On Wednesday mornings, all of her family and friends gathered for breakfast including her biscuits and gravy.  She had a Bonco group, was a Nascar fan and collected porcelain birds and dolls and Barbies.  Their home was always open to anyone and everyone.
                                                         
            Excerpted from the Santa Maria Times obituary       


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