CAUDLE-RUTLEDGE FUNERAL HOME
Funeral services for Dorothy Maydell (Gilley) Rowan, age 97 of Tyler, Texas, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2024, at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale, Texas. Interment will follow at Union Chapel Cemetery in Van, Texas. Dorothy passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Tyler. She was born February 22, 1927, in Smith County to the late Charlie Columbus and Nona Mae Smith Gilley. Dorothy attended Van Schools before marrying James Howard Rowan, December 7, 1946. They were married almost 60 years before James died in October of 2006. They worked many years in the Tyler, Sherman, and Denison areas before retiring in 1980 and returning to their hometown of Lindale. Dorothy continued to work at East Texas Savings and with Ann and Eddie Watts before she retired to do the things she loved. She enjoyed sewing, painting, quilting, and counted cross stitch. She also loved serving in her church, Swan-Wood Springs Methodist Church, where she was church treasurer for many years. She was also preceded in death by a sister and 2 brothers. Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Paula Ann and Donnie Neumeyer, their sons Darrell and Casie Neumeyer and Derek and Paige Neumeyer, her son Howard Ray and Sandra Rowan, and their children David and Stephanie Rowan, Laura & Michael Weis, and Lauren and Kendell Sawyers, and the seven great-grandchildren which she adored immensely. She is also survived by a brother, Charlie Gilley of Lindale, and multiple nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Prior to the service.
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