Iola Laverne “Toots” McGowan, daughter of the late Robert C. Wilson and Maude Byrd Wilson,  was born in Black Oak, Arkansas on July 4, 1916 and departed this life at Cypress Point Skilled Care in Dexter, Missouri on January 22, 2017 at the age of 100.

Mrs. McGowan was a homemaker, loved Basketball and going to games, and was a member of the Bernie Church Of Christ.
 
She was united in marriage to Raymond McGowan in Black Oak, Arkansas on July 8, 1933.  Mr. McGowan preceded his wife in death on July 23, 1971.
 
Survivors include five sons, Jerry McGowan & wife Shirley, Jack McGowan & wife Helen, John McGowan & wife Betty, Jeff McGowan & wife Karen and Jan McGowan & fiance Brenda, all of Bernie, Missouri; by 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren; also by other relatives and friends.
 
She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husband, by one son, Jimmy McGowan; by one Daughter-In-Law, Diana McGowan; by two brothers, Everett Wilson & F.M. Wilson; by four sisters, Lillian Smith, Josephine Muller, Beatrice Ward and Lorene Pyle; by three Great-Grandchildren.
 
 Friends may call at Bernie Church of Christ Tuesday, January 24, 2017 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M.  

Funeral services will be conducted in the Bernie Church of Christ on Wednesday morning, January 25, 2017 starting at 11:00 A.M.  Stan Dauck officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.