A graveside service for Sherri Michelle Howerton Downs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 1, 2021 at Greenwood Cemetery, 130 East Stoner Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Pastor Rusty Thrift.
Sherri was born on September 19, 1977 in San Diego, California to Debbie and Tony McGuire at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital and passed away at her mother-in-law's house Monday, September 20, 2021 in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Sherri was adopted by James Howerton and moved to Shreveport, Louisiana with the family in 1986 where she attended Creswell Elementary, Broadmoor Middle School and graduated from C.E. Byrd High School. She attended LSU-Shreveport and again relocated with the family to Alexandria, Louisiana in 1996 where she attended Louisiana Technical College to get her certificate for CNA and her LPN. She worked in the nursing industry for a number of years.
In 2003, Sherri married Kim Allen Downs in a ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim and Sherri have three children, Avery Christian Downs, Braden James Downs and Sean Peyton Downs.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Deborah Johns Howerton and grandparents, Butch and Alma Johns. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Kim Allen Downs; three children, Avery Christian Downs, Braden James Downs and Sean Peyton Downs; father, Jim Howerton; brother, Christian Lee Howerton and fiancé, Lynn Cummings; great-aunt, Frances VanHorn; aunt, Marguerite E. Howerton and cousins, Dianna VanHorn Cooper and Donna VanHorn.
The family suggests memorials may be made to Hope Baptist Church Restoration Project, 7921 LA-28, Alexandria, Louisiana 71303.