Erma Adele Dowdy, daughter of the late Hobert Hagy and Effie Giles Hagy, was born on September 2, 1923 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on July 8, 2015 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 91.

Mrs. Dowdy had attended the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter.  She worked as a registered nurse and was a resident of Dexter.

On July 6, 1940, she was united in marriage to Wellman Dale Dowdy in Bloomfield.  Mr. Dowdy preceded her in death on June 22, 1986.

She is survived by one son, Ray Dowdy and his wife Brenda of Dexter; by one brother, Lloyd Hagy of California; by two sisters, Vivian Pruitt of Edinburg, Texas and Melba Miller of Dexter; by two granddaughters, Geren Long and her husband Jason and Kaylan Dockins and her husband Dickie; and by six great-grandchildren, Carly Marie Long, Sadie Grace Long, Liza Rae Dockins, Lydia Kate Dockins, Max Dockins and Case Wellman Dockins.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Estelle Dowdy and by one brother, Clyde Hagy.

Graveside services will be conducted on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. at the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter with Rev. George Nite officiating.  Interment will follow in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

The family requests that donations be made to 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or First Baptist Church Library, 11 West Castor Street, Dexter, Missouri 63841.