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Obituary For Tyna L. Dowdy
Tyna’s journey began September 23, 1958, in the Oakmont Circle community of Durham, NC. On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, she passed from Labor to Reward at her home, at the age of 67. Tyna is the second child of Fred and Marva Dowdy, who preceded her in death.
She was born at North Carolina Memorial Hospital, now called the UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC.
Tyna attended Jordan High School, Durham, NC. She continued her education at Rutledge College and Florida Technical Institute, where she studied to be a Medical Records Technician. After her schooling, Tyna did what she loved; caring for the elderly. She worked for years as a Personal Care Assistant, with A-Plus Quality Home Care.
Tyna was baptized, as a child, at the Greater Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church where she served in the children’s choir and the young adult choir. She later attended the Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church until she became ill.
Tyna is preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Marva Dowdy and sibling, Ronnie Dowdy (Glenda).
She leaves to cherish her memory, a brother, Glenn Dowdy (Lynn), loving niece and nephews, Ronald Dowdy, Robert Dowdy (Diandra), Alisha Dowdy Smith (Bryan), Glenn Dowdy Jr.; loving great-nieces, Jayla Dean Dowdy, and Cienna Kai Smith; and a host of Uncles, Aunts, relatives and friends.
Funeral Arrangements:
Funeral Service: Saturday, November 1, 2025 | Visitation: 11:00 am | Funeral: 12:00 pm
Place of Service: Holloway Memorial Funeral Home, 2502 NC Hwy 55, Durham, NC.
Interment: Glennview Cemetery
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Robert sent Gracious Lavender Basket for Tyna L. Dowdy - October 28, 2025
My Dowdy family, I cannot begin to express my heartfelt sympathy for the loss of Tyna. Childhood neighbors and countless memories, never to be forgotten. Glenn, Lynn and Glenn, Jr., please know that you are continuously in my thoughts and prayers with love in my heart! Gaye Alston
My deepest condolences to the family of Tyna a beautiful soul full of love and smiles.
😪💔🙏🏽This news made me sad. I met Tyna through my SIL (Dot) she had the nicest quite spirit about her. She will be sorely missed. Rest in Heavenly Peace Tyna.
May Our Heavenly Father comfort you at this difficult time. So sorry to learn of Tyna's passing.
May Our Heavenly comfort you at this difficult time. So sorry to learn of Tyna's passing.
My condolences to the Dowdy family
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I met Tyna when she was a caregiver at Emerald Pond Senior living facility. She was a kind, gentle soul, quiet until she got to know you. We always talked about the soap operas and laughed at how silly they were. She never complained, even though you felt like her health was failing. I will miss her smile at her kind personality. I pray that these kind words will give you some comfort in knowing she was loved.
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To cousin Glen, the Dowdy and Ellis family, sincere condolences from the late Troy Ellis family. Our heartfelt prayers are sent for your strength at this difficult time. Love, Valeria, Everdel, Sam and Orlando.
Oh Tyna what can I say. We met in the first grade and were friends through graduation, Charles E. Jordan High, 1976.What I can say is you always walked the beat of your own drum never being swayed in any direction. your journey of life has ended but the journey of eternity has began. Rest in perfect peace.
My condolences to Tyna and the family.I'll miss you at work and talking on the phone for about two hours, laughing and talking about the movies that we need to watch on t.v. I'm so sad right now,wishing you were here with me. I'll miss you, you are a loving, caring, wonderful, all the above person to have as a friend I'll miss you TYNA!
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