Elsie Lois Dowden McNabb joyfully walked through the pearly gates to be with her Lord and Savior March 13, 2025. For the first time in 60 years, she needed no wheelchair or crutches.
She was born on May 6, 1929, in Camp Ruby, Texas. She was raised in Blue Water in the piney woods of Polk County, Texas, that would always be home, whether she lived in central Texas or Oregon. After graduation, she moved to Beaumont, Texas where she attended secretarial school. There she met Jesse C. McNabb – he of dry wit, dark eyes and hair with a voice that rang out every Sunday in choir. They were married on Christmas Eve 1948. Christmas was always loved and blessed.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Reverend Johnny Dowden and Alice Collins Dowden; siblings, Robert Edward Dowden, John Thomas Dowden, Francis Marion Dowden and Gloria Marylou Richardson; husband, Jesse C. McNabb and son, Jesse Collin McNabb.
She is survived by her daughter, Alicia Ann McNabb and son James Francis McNabb.
The Family would like to thank the staff of Temple Living Center East and Heart to Heart Hospice for being her caregivers and support.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Temple Living Center East and Heart to Heart Hospice in her name.
Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday March 20, 2025, at Pace Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.
A celebration of life was held at 10 a.m. Friday March 21, 2025, at Pace Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.
Interment followed at 2 p.m. at Green Lawn Memorial Park in Groves, Texas.
