Mary Rudell Culver Downs, 86, of Holy Cross, died peacefully at home on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, surrounded by family.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, James Paschal Downs (2021); her parents, John Robert Culver and Frances Evelyn Faulkner Culver; one daughter, Debbie Clark; one son, Robbie Downs; one daughter-in-law, Dawn Kidd; and one great-grandson, Draven Greenwell.
She is survived by three daughters, Mary Donna Downs, Lisa (Ronnie) Powell, and Jill (Neale) Bartley; four sons, David (Pam) Downs, Paul (Rhonda) Downs, Mark Downs, and Jimmy (Ann) Downs; one son-in-law, Eddie Clark; three sisters, Margaret (Tommy) Smith, Emma (Charles Ore) Spalding, and Nancy Wimsatt; two brothers, Leo Culver and Harold (Sherry) Culver; 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Loretto with the Rev. Richard T. Goodin officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers are grandsons, Ray Downs, Brent Downs, Robert Clark, Blake Clark, Cory Downs, Daniel Quinn; Her 12 granddaughters will be Honorary Pallbearers.
Mattingly Funeral Home in Loretto is in charge of arrangements.
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