Janet S Dowd

Funeral service for Minister Janet S. Joiner Dowd, age 66 will be conducted on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 2:00 PM at Pratt Funeral Home Chapel.  Burial will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. 

Minister Dowd  passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland. Born in Newberry County, she was the daughter of the late Blufford Joiner and the late Janie Mae Gary Joiner.  She was a member of Love Chapel Church and a former employee of the Department of Social Services.  Mrs. Dowd was a graduate of Gallman High School and Midlands Technical College.

Mrs. Dowd was predeceased by two brothers, Luther Joiner and Mark Joiner.

Surviving are her husband, Berley Gerald Dowd, daughter, Keri Monique Dowd-Pugh (DeAngelo); sons, Berley Gerald Dowd, II of Gaston, SC; Stanley Joiner; sister, Mary Joiner Gray (Earl); brothers, William Carl Joiner and Eugene Joiner all of Newberry, SC; five grandchildren, Kaela Janet Dowd, Kaitlyn Erin Dowd, DeAngelo Pugh, Xavier Dowd and Dana Dowd; one aunt, Thelma Price, devoted friend, Brenda Livingston, two sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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