ANNA, IL - BEULAH MAE MOWERY, 100, departed this life at 1 p.m. Monday, May 18, 2009, in City Care Center in Anna.
She was born May 21, 1908, in Balcom, the daughter of Charles and Ora Brown Lingle. She married Glenn A. Mowery on July 23, 1927. He preceded her in death May 22, 1987.
Beulah is survived by a son, Wayman and wife, Betty Mowery, of Springfield, Mo.; two daughters, Glenna Watkins and Pauline Musgrave, both of Anna; daughter-in-law, Elois Mowery; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 27 great great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; six stepgreat-grandchildren; four stepgreat-great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Glenn A. Mowery; her beloved son, Leroy; a grandson, Shawn Watkins; a great-grandson, Kyle Mowery; a great-great-grandson, Dakota Harris; a son-in-law, Vernon Watkins; and stepgreat-grandson, Jorden Horner.
Beulah was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Nachusa. She was a homemaker all her life.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009, in St. John Lutheran Church in Dongola, with the Rev. Tim Heinecke officiating. Interment will be in the St. John Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 pm. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro.
Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.
--Published in The Southern Illinoisan from 5/19 to 5/20/2009