This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROWN, DOWNARD, WINDLE, THURMOND, WHITEHEAD, COOK, MCCOURTNEY, SHORT, SMITH, CAMPBELL, BEAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4206 Message Board Post: Eva Josephne Windle, daughter of Lee and Alice (Brown) Downard, was born February 11, 1926 in Elvins, Missouri and departed this life Sunday, January 1, 2006 at Henson Boarding Home in Farmington, Missouri at the age of 79 years, 10 months and 21 days. December 10, 1968 at Maplewood, Missouri she was married to Ralph Windle, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Robin (Thurmond) Whitehead of Potosi; a son, Jim Thurmond of Cuba, Missouri; two stepsons, Gary Windle of Arnold, Missouri and Kenny Windle of Folley, Missouri; a stepdaughter, Jerri Jane Cook of Baldwin, Missouri; three sisters, Alberta McCourtney of Potosi; Francis Short, Mineral Point and Mildred Smith of Texas; a brother, Lowman Downard of Florida; five grandchildren; eight-step grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Martin Thurmond; a brother, Raymond Downard and two sisters, Aurelia Campbell and Aleen Bean. Mrs. Windle had been a resident of the Henson Boarding Home for over four years. She worked at Anchor Industry and enjoyed sewing, cooking and caring for the home. She was a member of the Potosi First Assembly of God Church. Visitation was held Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel,Neelyville, MO. Burial was in Kensey Cemetery near Harviell, MO. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, January 19, 2006