Doris Elizabeth Bello

Doris Elizabeth Dowden Bello, 93, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 due to a long well lived life. Doris was born on December 24, 1925 to Alton and Stella Dowden. She graduated from Hornbeck High School and attended Draughn's Business College in Houston, Texas. Doris was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Louise F. Bello; parents, Alton and Stella Dowden, three brothers, Marlin, Billie and Charles and sister, Maura Jane Dowden. She is survived by one brother, Ronald L. Dowden Sr. of Newnan, Georgia and numerous nieces and nephews, Deborah Dees, Gerald Dowden, Douglas Dowden, J. Michael Dowden, Suzanne Dilsaver, Jana Johns, Pamela G. Snyder, Ronald L. Dowden Jr., Donna Sue Smith and Joseph Dowden. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel with Reverend Mel Campbell officiating. Doris will be buried at Beckcom Cemetery in Hornbeck, LA. Her body can be viewed at Rose-Neath Southside Funeral Home in Shreveport, LA from 11:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Honoring Doris as pallbearers will be Mike Dowden, Gerald Dowden Jr., Joseph Dowden, Ronald "Chip" Dowden Jr., Michal Gardener, Nick Dilsaver and Phil Dees. From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. (By Edvard Manch)