Funeral services for Cassandra Downey Richards, 52, will be held Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 2 p.m. at the Childress Church of Christ with Trey Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
She passed away April 29, 2023.
It is with great sadness the family announces the tragic news of Cassandra’s untimely passing. She was taken away from family and friends far too soon due to gun violence. Her legacy of love and joy will carry on through the memories she left behind.
She was born in Wichita, Kansas on August 29, 1970.
Cassandra had a passion for life that was contagious. She loved nothing more than spending time with her family and doing things for others. Rest in Peace Cassandra Downey Richards, you will be forever remembered and cherished by all who knew you.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jerry Downey and Maxine Walker of Wichita, Kansas.
Survivors include her husband, James Richards, Sr. of Childress; her children, Charley Hughes, Daysha Brown, James Richards, Jr., Larissa Hughes, Lametrius Turner, Dametrius Turner, Jamesia Richards, Jai Terrion Richards, Israel Brown and Prince; siblings, Sophie Downey of Childress, Jerry Downey of Wichita, Kansas and Toni Collins and Yanka Collins of Wichita, Kansas. She was also a loving grandmother to five grandchildren.