Mary K. Sowards

Mary K. Sowards, 85, of Gallipolis, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at the Holzer Senior Care Center. She was born November 18, 1922 in Alice, Ohio, daughter of the late Glen and Opal Mildred Might McCarley. Mary married John A. Smith Sr. and he preceded her in death in 1976. She then married Albert W. Sowards and he preceded her in death in1986. Mary was a retired self employed store owner. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and attended Fairhaven Church in Kanauga. Surviving are her children, John A. Smith, Jr. of Mobile, Alabama and Carolyn Lewis Sr. Taylor of Gallipolis; four grandchildren, Lewis K. Grace Taylor, Jr., Zachary S. Taylor, John A. Smith III, Brian K. Heather Smith; fourteen great grandchildren; three sisters, Thelma Walk of Grafton, Iowa, Rosemary Delbert Marshall of Alvedia, Ohio and Roxanna Lamier of Tiffin, Ohio. In addition to her parents, husbands John A. Smith Sr. and Albert W. Sowards, she was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Cornwell and two brothers, Kenneth McCarley and Gerald 'Giggs' McCarley. Services will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the Willis Funeral Home with Bob Powell officiating. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, May 19, 2008 from 6-8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Lewis Taylor, Jr., Zachary Taylor, John Smith III, Brian Smith, Mike Allen and Robert Cornwell. Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Cemetery: 2008-05-20 Gravel Hill Cemetery Gallia County OH US Visitation: 2008-05-19 18:00:00-20:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US Service: 2008-05-20 13:00:00 Willis Funeral Home Gallipolis OH US