Pastor, Clifford Arthur Downing, Jr., 63, Atchison, Kansas, at the Atchison Hospital.
  
  
  Funeral services will be Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, January 12th at the church from 7:00 until 8:30 P.M.
  
  
  Clifford was born July 8, 1948 in Atchison, Kansas the son of Clifford A. Downing, Sr. and Ethel Marie Kelley Downing. He attended Lincoln School and Atchison Elementary School, graduating from Atchison High School.
  
  
  He and the former Phyllis Cushinberry were united in marriage on October 9, 1966 in Atchison, Kansas.
  
  
  Clifford was employed from 1966 with Rockwell International Corporation as a supervisor and continued when the company became Atchison Casting Corporation until his retirement in 2005.
  
  
  He was a member, Sunday School Teacher and Associate Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Atchison. He also formerly served for many years as a Deacon and member of the church choir.
  
  
  Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Phyllis Downing, Atchison, KS, son, Clifton Eugene (Rozenda) Downing, Pearland, TX, daughters, Paula Johnson, Ethel Downing, LeAnne Downing, Tina Sharp, Amy and Katrina all of Atchison, KS, brothers, Keith (Elizabeth) Downing, Evans, GA, Kevin (Traci) Downing, Topeka, KS, Curtis (Irasa) Downing, Atchison, KS, Richard (Dolly) Tucker, Omaha, KS, sisters, Mary Moss, Atchison, KS, Leatrice (Jerome) Whitney, Denver, CO, Janice (Paul) Spearman, Atchison, KS, Karen Sue Campbell, Atchison, KS, thirteen grandchildren and ten greatgranchildren.
  
  
  He was preceded in death by a grandson, Skyler J. Barbee and a sister, Elnora Laverne Downing.