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Marsha Eva MCDOWELL

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

On Earth August 5, 1948
In Heaven January 8, 2015

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley


*Obituary
WHEELER — Marsha Eva Lee McDowell, 66, of Wheeler died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in United Methodist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Matthew Gary officiating. Burial will follow in Wheeler Cemetery. Arrangements are by Peppers Family Funeral Home of Wheeler.

Mrs. McDowell was born Aug. 5, 1948, to Loyd Taylor and Annie Ruth Lee. She married Melvin Ray Coate in March 1963 and two sons were born to this union, Rodney Wade and Brian Wayne. In 1975, Marsha married Kenny McDowell of Sayre, Okla.

She was very adventurous and loved being outdoors, especially in the mountain air. Marsha enjoyed arts and crafts and spent many hours in the garden.

Marsha worked at Lee Hardware & Furniture and Wheeler Care Center, and was a very caring caregiver.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenny McDowell; a grandson, Briar Coate; a brother, Harold Loyd Lee; and a niece and nephew, Joanie Brogdon and Brent Lee.

Survivors include two sons, Rodney Wade Coate of Edmond, Okla., and Brian Wayne Coate of Wheeler; a sister, Nancy Pierce and husband Cecil of Wheeler; a sister-in-law, Sylvia Shuler and husband Leo of Wheeler; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at Wheeler Care Center, Wheeler Ambulance Service and Hospice Care of the Southwest for the kind and loving care that was given to Marsha.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 10, 2015)

Contributed on 11/19/21

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Submitted: 11/19/21 • Approved: 11/19/21 • Last Updated: 11/22/21 • R469545-G469545-S3

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