Lucille Earnestine (Tuten) Dowling Parham

Mrs. Lucille Earnestine Tuten Dowling Parham, 99, of Blackshear, passed away Saturday morning, July 27, 2024, at Harborview Pierce County Nursing Home.

Born in Blackshear, GA on July 11, 1925, she had lived in Indiana for many years.  While living in Indiana, she worked for Western Electric, now AT&T, before retiring in 1985, as well as bookkeeping for Dowling Construction Company.  She loved to travel, visiting many of the states, including Hawaii, as well as traveling abroad to England.  In her spare time, she enjoyed putting together puzzles, playing board games, and card games.  Her thriftiness earned her the reputation of being able to “turn a nickel into a dollar.”  In 2002, she moved back to Pierce County to be closer to her daughter and family.  She was of the Christian faith.

She was a daughter of the late Earnest Lawton and Azielee Henderson Tuten.  She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Loran A. Dowling; her second husband, Wilburn Henry Parham; two sisters, Louise Kilpatrick and Margarete Tuten; five brothers, Paul, Loran, Lawton, Leon, and Lonnie Tuten; a son-in-law, Jerry Cason; and a daughter-in-law, Debra Dowling.

Survivors include her daughter, Vicki L. Cason (Vic Walters) of Nashville, GA; her son, Loran E. Dowling (Karen Jones) of Rushville, IN; 6 grandchildren, Rhonda (Wayne) Clark, Joe Cason, Loran E. (Jenny) Dowling, Jr., Phillip M. (Laura) Dowling, Ryan C. (Amber) Dowling, and Danielle Dowling; 8 great-grandchildren, Jessica Puffenbarger, Cassie O’Neal, Riley and Reece Dowling, Aubry and Finley Dowling, Alex Reynolds, and Austin Dubose; 5 great-great-grandchildren, Ava, Jace, and Gabe Puffenbarger, and Abigail and Wrenley O’Neal; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Funeral services for Mrs. Parham will be held Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at 2 o’clock from the Pearson-Dial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris Watson officiating.

The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home 1 hour prior to the service.

Interment will be in the Shiloh Cemetery.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.

Pearson-Dial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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