Gracie Sue Downs
December 9, 1941 ~ September 11, 2020
Gracie Sue Downs, 78, of Columbus, passed away at Friday September 11, 2020, at Brown County Health and Living in Nashville.
Gracie was born December 9, 1941 in Sidney, Ohio, the daughter of Lloyd Robert and Grace Helen Lehman Poisel.
Gracie attended Faith Victory Church and was a member of the Mill Race Center, where she enjoyed woodworking, crafts, and making dolls to be passed out at hospitals. She never met a stranger and loved meeting new people.
The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday September 16, 2020 at the Jewell – Rittman Family Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Owens officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service Wednesday. Burial will be at Flat Rock Baptist Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Faith Victory Church thru the funeral home.
Survivors include her son Daniel Lee Miller of Columbus; grandchildren Joseph Kane Miller of Columbus, Dustin Lee Miller of Seymour, and Cierra Jean (Reon) Lanier of LaVergne, Tennessee; a great-grandchild Jalen Lee Miller; as well as a sister Martha Weekly of Columbus.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Leon Downs; brothers Robert Eugene Poisel, Thomas Poisel, Steven Poisel, and Mark Poisel; sisters Judy Poisel, Mary Warren, and Marcina Bennett..
You are invited to send a message to the family via the funeral home website.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Gracie was a caring and giving lady💗. Beverly Money
Miss Gracie will be missed at Second Baptist Church where she was a faithful member for years…and served as an usher until her could not let her. She enjoyed being an usher and greeting people as they enter in the sanctuary. I admired her faithfulness to God and will miss her conversations . RIP
Rev. Toby Ann Branom
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I met Gracie at the 9th street Park, Sidewalk Sunday school many years ago. She loved to work with the kids. She always wanted to help at St. Peter’s with VBS. When it came close to that week in June, I got a call or visit from Gracie on her bicycle.What a beautiful smile she had for everyone. One year when she couldn’t make it due to health reasons, I got her a T-shirt that she wore as a badge of honor.
One time I saw her waiting for the bus and I took her home.
What a sweetheart. I know she is dancing with Jesus in heaven.
Kathy Peters
Former Director of Children’s Ministry at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
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