Carroll Mowery

Carroll Mowery, 77, of Dongola, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Union County Hospital in Anna.

He was born on April 5, 1939, in Mill Creek, the son of Glenn Ernest and Lois Ina Lingle Mowery.

He married Joyce Hileman on June 7, 1958.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Mowery of Dongola; two sons, John (Lora) Mowery of Mill Creek and Mark (Teresa) Mowery of Dongola; one daughter, Carla (Joe) Roach of Stonefort; six grandchildren, Christina Mowery, Caleb Mowery, Callie Mowery, Jeff (Brittany) Roach, Greg Roach (Jilian Hanbaum) and Heather Feldscher; four great-grandchildren, Landon Roach, Tanner Roach, Nick Feldscher and Tara Feldscher; two sisters, Eloise Mowery of Jonesboro and Shirley Poole of Vienna; a brother-in-law, Gib DeWitt of Chana; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Hazel DeWitt, and by one granddaughter.

He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Dongola. He was born on the family farm in Dongola. He worked with his father and in later years he purchased the farm to continue the family business of farming and raising cattle.

Funeral services for Mr. Mowery will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, today, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Dongola, with Pastor Tim Heinecke officiating. Interment will be in the St. John’s Cemetery in Dongola.

Memorials can be made to the St. John’s Cemetery or to the St. John’s Lutheran Church.

To leave an online condolence for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com.

Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.