Submitted by

Barbara Caddell Fox

Waco Tribune-Herald
Sunday, May 28, 1972

Bower, Mrs. Mary M.

     Mrs. Mary M. Bower, 84, of 301 Lopez, Bellmead, formerly of Criswell, died Friday afternoon in a Corsicana hospital.
     Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Littlepage Funeral Chapel in Mart.  Rev. Frank Gage and Arthur Anderson officiating, burial in Criswell Cemetery near Otto.
     Survivors are eight daughters, Mrs. Alta Caddell of Otto, Mrs. Gertrude Jernigan of  Teague, Mrs. Thelma Walts of Bellmead, Mrs. Ora Breed of Regan, Mrs. Nell Moore of Bellevue, Mrs. Frances Weaver of McAllen, Mrs. Betty Barker of Bryan and Mrs. Ruby Hill of Rosenberg; one son, Neil Bower of Greenville; 26 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.