Stanley Downs

Stanley D. Downs, 83, of Cape Girardeau went to be with his Lord, family members and friends Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, at Southeast Hospital.

He was born June 1, 1939, to Morton B. "Flappy" Sr. and Rebecca Dawson Downs.

After graduation from Owensboro (Kentucky) High School and two years at Brescia College in Owensboro, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was a very popular and busy cook.

After his stint in the military, he came home to work at a local lumber yard and became a traveling building materials salesman for Bass & Co. of Paducah, Kentucky.

About that time, he married Carolyn M. McLellan. They moved to Missouri and joined Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau, where Stanley was a deacon and an elder and was involved in many building and remodeling projects.

He was a school bus driver and shuttle driver at Southeast Missouri State College. He loved to volunteer at Southeast Hospital and the FISH Food Pantry. He was the owner of Jay's Krispy Fried Chicken in Cape Girardeau.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn M. Downs of Cape Girardeau; daughter, Lisa Downs Pinkerton, and grandson, Shawn C. Pinkerton, both of Fruitland; granddaughter, Chelsea R. Perry, and great-granddaughter, Ashlynn R. Perry of Jackson; brother, Morton B. (Janelle) Downs Jr. of Owensboro; and sister-in-law, Susan M. Musick of Ohio and Florida.

There will be no visitation or any other type of public service. The family will have a private memorial at Kentucky Lake at a later time.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1820 Perryville Road, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701; The Red House Interpretive Center, 128 S. Main St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63703; or The Salvation Army, 1701 Good Hope St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63703.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.