Visitation:
10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2023 at
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home
Service:
11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home
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Elizabeth Cox Downen, 75, of
Leesburg FL., formerly of Clinton, passed away
December 5, 2023 at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial
visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Saturday, December 16, 2023 at Holland Barry &
Bennett Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow
at 11 a.m. and burial will follow those services in
Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln.
Elizabeth was born May 13, 1948, in Belflower, IL.,
the daughter of Joseph Harrison Reed and Martha Emma
(Mott) Reed. She married Lavern Downen on September
4, 2021. She retired from Saint Gobain in 2005 after
30 years of service.
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Survivors include her husband Lavern Downen, children Craig Maxey
and Cathy Leonard, 9 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, and siblings: Bob
Reed, Linda Short, and Donald Reed.
She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Connie Ann Wilson, son Melvin
Maxey, and siblings Chuck Reed, Edward Reed, Ted Reed, Lois DeJaynes, and James
Reed.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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