Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMinnie Brown Boger 
Birth16 Oct 1925, Rowan County, NC
Death6 Apr 2014, Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial10 Apr 2014, Mt Carmel UMC Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherCalvin Rufus Boger (1886-1928)
MotherAnnie Belle Frick (1894-1984)
Spouses
Birth5 Mar 1925, Cabarrus County, NC
Death22 Jun 2009, CMC-Northeast, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial25 Jun 2009, Mt Carmel UMC Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherJames Monroe Downum (1892-1979)
MotherBettie Esther Haynes (1890-1974)
Marriage1946
ChildrenBetty Ann
Peggy Lee (1950-2022)
Shirley Mae
Notes for Minnie Brown Boger
Minnie B. Downum
CONCORD - Minnie Boger Downum, age 88, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after one day of illness. She had made her home at Magnolia Gardens, Spencer, for the past year.
Minnie was born Oct. 16, 1925, in Rowan County, the daughter of the late Calvin Rufus Boger and Annie Belle Frick Boger.
Minnie was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One, for 44 years until her retirement. She held her church membership at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, Concord.
Her family fondly remembers her love of crocheting afghans.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Downum; three brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include her three daughters, Betty Harris of Mooresville, Peggy Tucker of Cleveland and Shirley Ludwick of Salisbury; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 10 at Whitley's Funeral Home Main Chapel, Kannapolis, officiated by Rev. Brian Smith. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home prior to the service.
Memorials: May be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
Salisbury Post, 8 Apr 2014
CONCORD - Minnie Boger Downum, age 88, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after one day of illness. She had made her home at Magnolia Gardens, Spencer, for the past year.
Minnie was born Oct. 16, 1925, in Rowan County, the daughter of the late Calvin Rufus Boger and Annie Belle Frick Boger.
Minnie was employed with the former Cannon Mills Company, Plant One, for 44 years until her retirement. She held her church membership at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, Concord.
Her family fondly remembers her love of crocheting afghans.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Downum; three brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include her three daughters, Betty Harris of Mooresville, Peggy Tucker of Cleveland and Shirley Ludwick of Salisbury; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 10 at Whitley's Funeral Home Main Chapel, Kannapolis, officiated by Rev. Brian Smith. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Concord. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home prior to the service.
Memorials: May be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
Salisbury Post, 8 Apr 2014