Dorothy Louise Gowen

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Gowen, 92, of Port Royal, S.C., formerly of Blytheville, Paris, Tenn., Memphis and Jacksonville, Fla., passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, at Helena House in Port Royal.

She was co-owner with her husband of an upholstery and drapery shop and a member of Bellevue Baptist Church.

Mrs. Gowen was preceded in death by her husband, Jewell Clay Gowen; brothers, Phillip and A.T. Sisk;

She leaves her children, Betty (and Jim) Black of Oklahoma City, Gina Stiles of Jacksonville, Fla., Spencer (and Karen) Gowen of Elizabethtown, Ky., Steve (and Denise) Gowen of Bartlett, Tenn., and Brian (and Jennifer) Gowen of Bluffton, S.C.;

Her sisters, Gean Fisher of Memphis and Martha Hooper of Byhalia, Miss; and'

Ten grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until the service time at 2:30 p.m. Saturday both at Memorial Park Funeral Home-Memphis with interment to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family requests memorials to be sent to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer's Association.