Obituary of Johnnie Gowdy

Services for Lois Gowdy, 93, Tyler, will be at 10:00 am, Wednesday, August 7, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, with Brother Johnny Wright officiating. Burial will be in Overton City Cemetery. Mrs. Gowdy died Friday, July 19, 2013 in Tyler. She was born August 7, 1919 in Greenbriar, Arkansas to the late John S. and Eleanor Henderson Lieblong. She was a retired teacher and active in the Baptist church. She was a graduate of Arkansas Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) and held a Master's degree in Psychology from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.   Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sister Alma Kennamer and two brothers, Lester Lieblong and J.I. Lieblong. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, John and Linda Gowdy, Albany, New York; a granddaughter, Anna Annese, Albany, New York; and two great grandchildren Livia and Michael Annese.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:00 am until 10:00 am, Tuesday, August 7, prior to service time.