Noverta Downer (Heavner) 81, of Frederick County, Virginia died Monday, November 14, 2016 at Winchester Medical Center.
Mrs. Downer was born in 1935 in Baldwyn, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Ernest Roy and Annie Pearl Heavener (Saylors). She was a seamstress and a member of St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church in Selmer, Tennessee. Mrs. Downer was a veteran who proudly served in the United States Marine Corps.
Mrs. Downer married Leopold Paul Downer in 1957.
Survivors are her husband and daughter, Victoria Kimball of Winchester, Virginia; sons, Daniel Downer and Paul Downer of Bethel Springs, Tennessee and Thomas Downer of Finger, Tennessee; sister, Betty E. Cooper of Bethel Springs, Tennessee; brothers, Charles W. Heavener of Corinth, Mississippi and Roger Dale Heavener of Glen, Mississippi; grandchildren, Katheryn C. Nelson, Paul Allen Downer, Michael Downer, Joshua Downer, Daniel Downer, Jr., Amy Cruse, Timothy Eaker, Natasha Cameron, E. Jedediah Olson; and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Downer was preceded in death by her twin sister, Roberta Moody and brother, Ernest Earl Heavener.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Tennessee.
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