Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Elsie Maggard Sowards

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Bristol Herald Courier
Sunday, February 16, 2003

Elsie Maggard Sowards
    POUND -- Elsie Maggard Sowards, 89, went home to be with her Lord and 
Savior on Feb. 14, 2003, in Norton Community Hospital, Norton. 
    Mrs. Sowards was a member of Lonepine Chapel. Elsie was a mother and 
friend to all that knew her. To know her was to love her. Elsie loved to cook 
and be with her friends. Mrs. Sowards was preceded in death by her husband, 
Bathus Lee Sowards; two daughters, Maybelle Triplett and Delorce Sowards; a 
son, Glen Roger Sowards; and one sister, Faye Orick.
    Surviving are daughters, Loretta Hodges, Pound, Janie Hayborn, Winter 
Haven, Fla., and Judy Mullins, Pound; sons, J.D. Sowards, Pound and David 
Sowards, Pound; brothers, Dennis Maggard, Raymond, Wash. Clyde Maggard, Zeni, 
Ohio; 21 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-
grandchildren.
    Service will be 1 p.m. Monday in Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel of Baker 
Funeral Home, Pound, with Rev. Danny Mullins officiating. Interment will be in 
Lee Sowards Family Cemetery, Pound. Pallbearers will be family and friends.
    Calling hours are 4-9 p.m. Sunday in Baker Funeral Home, Pound.
    Baker Funeral Home, Pound, is entrusted with the care of Elsie Maggard 
Sowards.