Magdalene Dowdy Harris, 86, of Christiansburg, died Wednesday, March 3, 2021.
She was born in Montgomery County on Aug. 29, 1934, to the late Sidney Aurthor and Mildred Linkous Dowdy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carless Harris; two sons, Larry Wayne Harris and Richard Allen Harris; three brothers, and five sisters. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy H. and David Brumfield; sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce O’Neil and Kitty Harris, and Tony A. and Karen Harris; nine grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; asister-in-law, Peggy Harris; and special friends, Emma Poff, and Richard Hinkley.
The family would like to express special thanks to Kindred Hospice Nurses Kari Perfater, Heather Stover, Jennifer Vishneski, Brenda Hale, and Karen Kessler.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, Mar. 8, 2021, in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with her nephew, David Gearheart, officiating. Interment followed in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family received friends prior to the service.
Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
