THE Basic Information on the FOUR WIVES OF CLIFFORD SHIRLEY DOWDEY JR. AUTHOR

THE FOUR WIVES OF CLIFFORD SHIRLEY DOWDEY JR.  AUTHOR

  Name: Clifford Dowdey JR

 Born: January 23, 1904 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Died: May 30, 1979 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Spouse: Katherine Wright Carrington 1st

               Helen Zane-Cetti Irwin 2^st

                         Married: January 26, 1935 Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, New York, US

                EOM: Divorce

                Frances Gordon Wilson 3^nd

                        Married: July 13, 1944 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

               EOM: Death Wife

               Carolyn Luke DeCamps 4^rd

                Married: September 9, 1971 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

                EOM: Death of Husband

Parents:  Clifford Shirley Dowdey Sr.

                 Bessie Ethel Bowis

Occupation: America Author

Cause of Death: Dehydration

Age at Death: YRS: 75

Funeral:  L. T. Christian Funeral Home

Informant: Carolyn DeCamps Deceased Wife

Death Certificate #: 222-1681-79-015980

Birth Certificate #: 2281

Social Security #: Number: 228-44-6305; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: 1952

Findagrave.com # 15416182

Interment: Hollywood Cemetery, Section: L Lot: 89 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Clifford Dowdey (1904–1979) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction dealing with the American South, Virginia and especially the Civil War era.

Date: Monday, June 4, 1979   Paper: Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia)   Page: 16  

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 1ST WIFE Katherine Wright Carrington  AKA BROADWAY ACTRESS KAY CARRINGTON

Name: Katherine Wright Carrington

AKA Kay Carrington

Born: June 11, 1906 South Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Died:  May 2, 1953 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Spouse: Clifford Shirley Dowdey 1^st

               Arthur Schwartz 2^nd

Parents: Raymond Wright Carrington, Miriam Gladys Howells

Occupation:  Musical Stage Actress

Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage

Date of Burial: May 5, 1953

Funeral: Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel

Age at Death: YRS: 43

Death Certificate #:

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Interment: Death Record Pending

Married: 1929

1^st Clifford Shirley Dowdey

EOM Divorce

Married: 1934

2^nd Arthur Schwartz

EOM Death of Katherine

Issue: Johnathan Schwartz

New York Times  May 3, 1953

2ND WIFE Helen Zane-Cetti Irwin

Name: Helen Zane-Cetti Irwin

Born: September 17, 1907 Farmington, Grayson, Texas, USA

Died: March 5, 1989 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Clifford Shirley Dowdey Jr. 1^st

               Kenneth Proctor  Littauer 2^nd

               Married: 21 Feb 1948

Parents: William Henry Irwin

                Emma Helen Zane-Cetti

Occupation:  LITERARY EDITOR

                        WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION

Cause of Death:

Date of Burial:

Age at Death: 81 years, 5 months, 21 days

Social Security #: Number: 119-22-0619; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951

Death Certificate #: State File #: 07298

Informant:

Funeral:

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Interment: Death Record Pending

Married: January 26, 1935 Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, New York, USA
Dutch Reform Church, Westchester NY

1^st Clifford Shirley Dowdey Jr.

No Issues:

Divorced:  June 7, 1944 Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA

Married: 21 Feb 1948

2^nd Kenneth Proctor Littauer

EOM: Death of Husband

Date: Monday, February 11, 1935   Paper: Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia)   Page: 4

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Marriage to Clifford Dowdey

Nevada State Journal Reno Nevada June 7, 1944 Page 12

Source:

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Divorce Filed

Reno Gazette Journal

Divorce Granted

Source:

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3rd Wife Frances Gordon Wilson

  

Name: Frances Gordon Wilson

Born: October 20, 1920 Henrico, Virginia, USA

Died: July 13, 1970 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Spouse: Clifford Shirley Dowdey Jr.

Parents: Wins Faulkner Wilson, Sarah Hodgkin

Occupation: Clinical Psychologist;

Cause of Death:  Acute Barbiturate Intoxication

Special Note: Death Ruled Suicide

Date of Burial: July 14, 1970

Age at Death: YRS: 49

College: Sweet Briar College 1939–1943 Sweet Briar, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Death Certificate #: 222-2569-70-020626

Funeral: L. T. Christian Funeral Home

Informant: Clifford Shirley Dowdey Jr. Deceased Husband

Findagrave.com 15494736

Interment: Hollywood Cemetery Section: L Lot: 89 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Married: July 13, 1944 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

EOM: Death of Frances Gordon Wilson

Issues: Frances Patsy Dowdey

             Sarah Bowis Dowdey

4th Wife  Carolyn Luke DeCamps

Name: Carolyn Luke DeCamps

Born:  May 24, 1941 Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Died: May 7, 2013 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Spouse: Clifford Shirley Dowdey Jr. 1^st

               Gene Roland Dunaway 2^nd

Parents:  William Luke Decamps, Jessie Woodrow Willoughby

Occupation: retired librarian

Cause of Death:

Age at Death: YRS: 71

Social Security #: SSN issued: Virginia (1961) 226-58-7496

Funeral:

Informant:

Interment:Record Information Pending

Married:  September 9, 1971 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

1^st/3^rd Clifford Shirley Dowdey

EOM: Death of Husband

NO Issues

Married: June 2, 1984 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

2^nd  Gene Roland Dunaway

EOM: Divorce

Date: February 17, 1988 Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

NO Issues

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