Jean Downs Metcalf

Jean Downs Metcalf, 83, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at her residence in Abilene. Born in Coleman, Texas on May 18, 1928, Jean was the daughter of Ruth (Durham) and Jesse Smith. She lived in Abilene 30 years before moving to Olney, Texas, where she lived 20 years before returning to Abilene. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents and two husbands, Bobby Lee Clark and Lewis Metcalf. Jean is survived by two daughters, Linda Hubbard and friend Thurston Thornton, and Cindy Williams and husband Allen, all of Abilene; two sons, Chuck Downs and wife Caroline of Tye, and Bill Dobbs and wife Sheila of Arkansas; stepson, Lee Clark of Fort Worth; stepdaughter, Cindy Clark; sister, Betty Kuykendall and husband Frank; and the father of her children, Charles Downs of Louisiana. Survivors also include ten grandchildren, Cody Hubbard and wife Whitney, Michael Logan, Madeleine Downs, Maxwell Downs, Brandon Dobbs, Jennifer Jackson and husband D.J., Matthew Dobbs, Taylor Dobbs, Amy Williams and Angela Williams; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 9:00 a.m. Friday, September 2, in Desdemona Cemetery in Desdemona, Texas with Squeaky Walker presiding, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, in Abilene. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Foundation or the donor's favorite charity.