MARY ALICE COWELL

SCOTT CITY -- Mary Alice Cowell, 54, of Scott City, died Monday, July 15, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Sept. 26, 1936, at Morehouse, daughter of Clarence and Gladys Mae Reynolds Elders. She married Charles Luther Cowell May 10, 1957, in Holly Springs, Miss. He died Feb. 7, 1968.

Cowell had worked as a telephone operator, and at Ely Walker Co. and Blair Industries in Scott City. She attended First Baptist Church here.

Survivors include three sons, Chuck, Rick and Mike Cowell of Scott City; four sisters, Betty Smith, Sharon Simpkins and Connie Smith of Scott City, Brenda Street of Lexington, Ky., and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. William Dickey will officiate, with burial in Lightner Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.