Jimmy Autry Downs

March 27, 1937 - February 26, 2019

Mr. Jimmy Autry Downs, age 81, of Boaz, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019. The family will receive friends from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, at Etowah Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at New Life Cemetery. Bro. Watson Black and Bro. Chris Hopper will officiate the service. Casket bearers will be Matthew Simons, Blake Rains, Jacob Rains, Michael Lusk, Shane Peel, Bruce Peel . Honorary casket bearers will be Brody and Jaxon Downs. He is survived by Joyce Downs, his loving wife of 55 years, sons, Jimmy D. Downs, Johnny Downs (Becky), daughters, Lisa Lee (Dale), Tina Simons (Lee), Glenda Rains, Tammy Floyd (Danny), grandchildren, Brody and Jaxon Downs, Jessica and Amanda Lee, Ashley Black (Watson) Matthew Simons (Caitlin), Brittany Chapman (David), Blake, Savanna and Jacob Rains, Dania and Kayla Floyd, great-grandchildren, Avery and Eli, brothers, Waylon Downs, (Phyllis), Maxie Downs (Martha), sisters, Shirley Peel, Juanita Sims, Janice Lusk (Mike), Sandra Goble, Debra Hopper (Mike) and a host of nieces and nephews. Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Mable Downs and his sister, Joan Sollie. Thanks to Alacare Home Health and Hospice services, with a special thanks to his nurses and aides for their compassionate and exceptional care during his time of sickness. Etowah Memorial Chapel Directing