Mr. William Dennis Dowdy of Siler City passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Knotts Funeral Home in Sanford.
Mr. Dowdy was born on June 27, 1938, in Goldston, to McKinnley D. and Wilma Tysor Dowdy Thompson. He graduated from JS Waters School. William was employed by the New York Times as a Delivery Foreman, retiring after 27 years of service. William is preceded in death by siblings, Billy Joe Dowdy and Emma Jacqueline Dowdy Long.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Howze Dowdy; children, Yolanda Shark, Gary, Warren, and Tammy, and adopted twins, Hakim and Kasiem Dowdy; a sister, Bertha Mae Turman of Goldston; two grandsons and one great-grandson.