Margaret Gladys Sutton Dowell, 95, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. She currently was a resident of Professional Care Center in Hartford, Ky., and was previously a long time resident of the Roosevelt House in Owensboro.
For many years she provided child care to many families in Owensboro. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was a member of Lewis Lane Baptist Church and loved her church family. In past years she would take care of the babies in the nursery and sang in the choir for many years at her church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Dowell; sons, Gene and William; and a son-in-law, James E. Wiley.
She is survived by her son, Ken Dowell and wife, Valerie, of Hawesville, Ky.; daughters, Barbara Hamilton and husband, Erman, of Philpot, Ky., Mary Wiley, of Hartford, Ky., and Hope Stephenson and husband, Tom, of Henderson, Ky.; daughters-in-law, Dorothy Dowell, of Owensboro, and Marsha Dowell, of Henderson, Ky.; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild and another on the way.
Services are 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Chapel of James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory in Owensboro with Brother Tim Hall officiating. Burial is in Horsley Chapel Cemetery in Hardinsburg, Ky. Visitation is from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday and after 10 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, Suite 401, Kaden Tower, 6100 Dutchman’s Lane, Louisville, KY 40205.