Debra Gowin

DEBRA GOWIN Debra Louise Gowin, daughter of Robert Edgar and Anna Mae Hale Morgan, was born, January 24, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas. She departed this life, Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in her home, Shawnee, Kansas at the age of sixty years, five months and twenty-one days. She was preceded in death by her mother and a brother, Richard Lee Morgan. Survivors include her sons, Jerry Gowin and wife Nisha of Kansas City, Kansas and Darren Gowin and wife Melissa of Shawnee, Kansas; three grandchildren, Kamren, Dylan and Kaitlyn; her father, Robert Morgan of Camdenton, Missouri; a sister, Jeanie Folks and husband Aaron of Montreal, Missouri; two brothers, Bobby Morgan of Camdenton, Missouri and Ricky Morgan of Harrisonville, Missouri and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. Debbie was raised and attended school in the Kansas City area. She worked at JC Penney's. In April of this year, she received a Service Award for thirty-five years of service. Her greatest interest was her grandchildren and her family. She would do anything for them. She was often found at soccer games, wrestling matches, choir concerts and any activity her grandchildren were involved in. On the way to those events you would often hear Alan Jackson singing to her in the background. She was an avid shopper and loved to buy gifts and shop for others. She was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt and a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and know that her memory will linger on in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 in Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Allee Memorial Gardens, Camdenton. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., Friday in the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to a fund established for her grandchildren's college education and left at the funeral home. Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton is assisting the family with arrangements.