Bishop Arthur Lewis "A.L." Dowdell, Sr.

09/24/1954 - 01/30/2025

Funeral service for Arthur Dowdell, 70, of Auburn, AL, will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 7, 2025, at True Deliverance Holiness Church, 936 North Donahue Drive, Auburn, AL, 36832 with interment in Westview Cemetery, 700 Westview Drive, Auburn, AL, 36830, Bishop Nolan Torbert, Pastor and Officiating, Bishop Calvin Daniel, Eulogist.

Bishop Dowdell, who passed away Thursday, January 30, 2025 at St. Francis Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia, was born September 24, 1954 in Lee County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Thursday, February 6, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Bishop Dowdell will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service,

He leaves to cherish his precious memory: wife, Antwameka “Joyce” Dowdell, Sr. of Auburn, AL; twelve children, LaTossia Washington of Opelika, AL, Conseula (Calvin) Ogletree of Columbus, GA, Cornelia (Gino) Dowdell of Atlanta, GA, Kelly Dowdell of Auburn, AL, Nicholas Dowdell of Tuskegee, AL, Olympia Tramell of El Paso, TX, Arthur Dowdell, Jr., Kia Dowdell both of Auburn, AL, Kayla (Adrien) Black of Houston, TX, Travis Yancey, Javion Dowdell both of Auburn, AL and Zyshaun Gordon of Columbus, GA; one sister, Elizabeth Trammell of Austin, TX; one brother, Willie Crowder of Auburn, AL; godson, Evangelist Brandon Roberts of Fayetteville, NC; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, aunts, uncles, in-laws, other relatives and friends.