Marianne McDowell's Obituary
Marianne Thompson McDowell, 70, passed away February 17, 2011 at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, February 20 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. Entombment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery’s Mausoleum. Marianne was born on January 6, 1941 to Lucille Patterson and William Alexander Thompson in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was a wonderful and devoted mother and grandmother who greatly loved her husband, children, and grandchildren. She was a woman of deep faith and spent her life taking care of her family. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church. Marianne was preceded in death by her husband, Robert. She is survived by her two daughters, Kelli McDowell and Cindi McDowell; three grandchildren, Morgan Elyse McDowell, Avery Kate McDowell, and Noah Robert McDowell; and one sister, Suzanne Galliher (Bob) of Dallas, Texas. Memorials should be sent to the Memphis Humane Society or Crime Stoppers.
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