John Dowdeswell

John Warren Dowdeswell, 78, of Glenn Springs, South Carolina went “home” on Easter morning, April 21, 2019, surrounded by family.

He was born on Long Island, New York to the late Pete and Nancy Dowdeswell, but grew up in the Converse Heights community of Spartanburg. “JD’ was most proud of his service to his community which included several decades of service to the Glenn-Springs Pauline Fire Department, over a decade of service to the Pacolet Mills Rescue Squad Six, and even time in the National Guard. In his retirement from Hoechst Celanese, he enjoyed sharing the great outdoors with his family and friends from shrimping and deep-sea fishing in the low country to trout fishing and rafting in the Blue Ridge and everything else in between.

He is leaving his memory in the hearts of his daughters, Renee and her husband Richard Blackburn Jr of Spartanburg and Nancy and her husband Cam Robinson of Jonesville; his wife, Opal Elaine of the home, two grandchildren, Richard, III and his wife Brandi Blackburn and Lorien and her husband Connor Atkinson of Spartanburg, three great-grandchildren; Julia, Ivy-Len, and Lucy. He is also survived by his oldest brother Milton Dowdeswell and his youngest brother Dr. Robert and his wife Eugenia Dowdeswell in addition to four nephews and nieces, six grandnephews and grandnieces, and even a great-grandniece.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday at 3:00 PM in Calvary Episcopal Church, 3685 Glenn Springs Road. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Glenn Springs-Pauline Fire Department, 3104 SC-56, Pauline, SC 29374.