Graveside services for Gayle Dowdle will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Kilpatrick Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Rev. Rodney Sanders will officiate under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.Gayle was born March 26, 1951 in Pekin, Illinois and passed away March 31, 2018 in Cotton Valley, LA. She was a retired labor and delivery nurse and also served in the United States Army Nurse Corps.Gayle is survived by daughter, Stacy Morris; sisters, Joy West, and Jill Wallace; brother, Scott Thomas; granddaughter, Abbey Morris; grandson, Jacob Morris.Pallbearers will be Alfonza Crow, Reginald Greenard, Paul Rider and Greg Morris.Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes. comKilpatrick Funeral HomeWest Monroe, LA