Allen Ray McDowell

Allen Ray McDowell was born October 29, 1928 in Morris to the late Homer Allen McDowell and Gertrude Isbel (Bowen) McDowell. Ray passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at his home surrounded by family. He attended Liberty-Morris School and after graduating he served his country in the United States Army. When Ray returned from Korea, he relocated to West Texas where he went to work in the oil fields and started his family with his late wife Dorothy McDowell. His entire career was spent with George T. Abell Oil Company and its successors. Ray returned to the Morris area after retiring. He liked hunting, fishing, and watching westerns and the Dallas Cowboys. He loved working cattle with Doug. Ray was a faithful member of Twin Hills Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brothers, Billy and Gerald McDowell and sister-in-law, Joyce McDowell. Survivors include his wife, Shirley McDowell, a son, Ronald McDowell and wife Nellie, grandchildren, Cory McDowell and wife Jennifer, Steven McDowell and wife Ana and Roni Kay McDowell, step-children, Doenye Essary and husband Paul, LaDonna Diebold and Kyle Mathis and wife Gae, step-grandchildren, Kaytlin Fultz and husband Andy, Kylea Wares and husband Josh, Jimmy Collins and wife Angie, Deanna Zoeller and husband Bryan, Jeffrey Weldon and wife Michelle and Emily Beyers and husband Jeff, a niece, Dianna Sullins, nephews, Billy Ray McDowell and Billy Glenn McDowell and numerous great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Thursday evening at the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Morris. A funeral service will be held 11:00 A.M., Friday, January 19, 2024 at the Twin Hills Baptist Church with Reverends Steve Treagesser and Jeff Ward officiating. Casketbearers will be Cory McDowell, Steven McDowell, Allen Walters, Doug Diebold, Kyle Mathis, Jimmy Collins, Andy Fultz, Josh Wares, Danny Sullins, Gary Sullins, Billy Ray McDowell, Paul Essary and Ronald Walters. A committal service will be held on Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Imperial Cemetery, Imperial, Texas. Arrangements and cremation services have been entrusted to the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Morris. Memories, condolences, photos and videos may be shared with the family on Ray‘s Tribute Page of our website. www.mcclendon-winters.com

Allen Ray McDowell

October 29, 1928 - January 16, 2024