John Alvin McDowell

John Alvin McDowell, 95, of Asheboro, NC, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at The Randolph Hospice House A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March, 19, 2013, at Pleasant Union Community Church with Rev. Danny Miller and Rev. Ken McDowell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2013, at Ridge Funeral Home Native of Randolph County, NC, Mr. McDowell was born June 8, 1917. He was the son of the late Eli Linville McDowell and Martha Trythenia Pierce McDowell. In addition to his parents, Mr. McDowell was preceded in death by his sisters, Bernice Trotter, Exie Snider, Lois Staley; and brothers, Ira McDowell, Dallas McDowell, Rev. George McDowell and Pearl McDowell. Survived by his wife, Allene McDowell; of the home; sons, John Larry McDowell and wife, Glenda, of Denton, NC, David Lenvil McDowell and wife, Bobbi, of Asheboro, NC; sisters, Vida Swaney, of Thomasville, NC, Imogene Ridge, of Denton, NC; brother, Casper McDowell, of Asheboro, NC; grandchildren, Jonathan Shane McDowell and wife, Sandy, of Denton, NC, Darren Lee McDowell and wife, Crystal, of Eureka, MO, step granddaughter, Mary Beth Kirkman, of Ramseur, NC, great grandchildren, John McDowell, Anna McDowell, Addison McDowell and David McDowell.

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