Funeral service for Elnora Dowdell, 45, of Opelika, AL, will be at 12:00 noon, Saturday, October 18, 2025, at God’s House of Prayer Holiness Church, 573 Harper Avenue, Auburn, AL 36830, with interment in Garden Hills Cemetery, 1218 Frederick Road, Opelika, AL 36801, Bishop Frank McLeod will officiate.

Ms. Dowdell, who passed away Monday, October 6, 2025, at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, was born March 4, 1980, in Macon County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Friday, October 17, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Ms. Dowdell will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service.

She leaves to cherish her precious memory: father, Jerome Dowdell of Tuskegee, AL; mother, Sharon Vernard Washington Dowdell of Opelika, AL; four children, Monteyannah T. Sullins, Shelenthean D. (Marcus) Hayden, Aviance I. Dowdell and Da’Micheal O. Dowdell all of Opelika, AL; nine grandchildren, Jayden A. Dowdell, Shemar I. Hayden, Jiraiya R. Sullins, Sekani I. Hayden, Genevieve S. Sullins, Syleena I. Hayden, Scarlette I. Hayden, Genoviah A. Sullins and Samiyah I. Spivey all of Opelika, AL; seven sisters, Sharon T. Tatum, Kimverly J. (Kenzie) Rogers both of Opelika, AL, Iona S. (Anthony) Wilson of Atlanta, GA, Janice Dowdell of Chattanooga, TN, Jeanette (Phillip) Dowdell of Fayetteville, TN, Jackie Dowdell of Kingston, TN, and Julia Dowdell of Upper Marlboro, MD; four aunts, Selthia (Samuel) Pruitt, Monica (Irain) Epps, Mildred Gotell all of Atlanta, GA and Deborah Jackson of Tallassee, AL; one uncle, Lonnie Heard of Atlanta, GA; a host of nieces, nephews, special aunts, special uncles and friends.