Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Owen Sowell, age 95 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday July 6th at 1:00 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith and Rev. Ronnie Pittenger officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside her husband Ross Sowell who passed away in 1990. Mrs. Sowell passed away Wednesday morning July 3rd at Donalson Care Center.

She was a native of the Hughey community in Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Carl Marcus and Carrie Lou Harris Owen. Mrs. Sowell was an employee of Wright’s Jewelry Store for over 20 years. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 67 years.

Survivors include her daughter Rosalind (Leonard) Greer of Nashville and three grandsons Steve Jeans of Dallas, TX, Ronnie (Carolyn) Sowell of Nashville and Kyle Sowell of Nashville, four great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son Ronald D. Sowell who passed away in 2005, three sisters Eunice, Mable, Wanda and two brothers Colyar and Marion.

Visitation with the family will be Friday evening 4-8 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.