Grace Elizabeth Dowdle

Grace Elizabeth Dowdle, 78, of 47 West Street, Asheville, died Friday, September 3, 2004, at the Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Dowdle was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late John and Bonnie Flynn Maltry. She was married to David Dowdle who died in 1987. She was a retired sewing machine operator and was a member of the Asheville Wesleyan Church. Surviving are two daughters, Annie Rice and her husband Johnny of Swannanoa and Martha Camp of Asheville; three sons. Steve Parker and his wife Lillie Mae, Robert Parker and his wife Gail and Kermit Parker and his wife Julia, all of Asheville; three sisters, Marian Parker, Daisy Warren and Myrtle Moore and two brothers John Junior Maltry and George Maltry, all of Asheville; twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 3:00 pm Sunday at Ashelawn Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Glenn Weaver officiating. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.