GLADYS S. COURTWAY
GLADYS SERENE COURTWAY OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928 IN GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE BEN B. AND OMA FLO (McKNIGHT) WILLIAMS. GLADYS DIED MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2001 AT THE ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND NINETEEN DAYS.
GLADYS WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HARRY "HOMER" COURTWAY ON JUNE 6, 1946 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. HOMER PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON APRIL 15, 1995.
GLADYS IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, RITA MCNAIL AND HUSBAND JACK OF LESTERVILLE, MISSOURI, BRENDA SHAUMANN AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, CANDIA BOURBON AND HUSBAND CARL OF CADET, MISSOURI; FOUR SONS, STANLEY COURTWAY AND WIFE LINDA OF BRANSON, MISSOURI, DAVID COURTWAY AND WIFE ROBERTA OF ARCADIA, MISSOURI, JERRY COURTWAY AND WIFE JUDY OF PALM COAST, FLORIDA, ROBERT COURTWAY AND WIFE CHERYL OF CADET, MISSOURI; ONE STEP SON, DONALD COURTOIS AND WIFE LINDA OF ARKANSAS; ONE BROTHER, BENJO WILLIAMS OF MUNSIE, INDIANA; THREE SISTERS ADELINE WILLIAMS OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, BLONDELL RICE OF ELSBERRY, MISSOURI AND AUDRY TANNER OF DALLAS, GEORGIA; NINETEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY-FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY NEICES, NEPHEWS, OTHER REALITIES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, GLADYS WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS, BILL WILLIAMS, ROBERT WILLIAMS AND LEROY WILLIAMS AND BY ONE DEAR GRANDSON, BOBBY COURTWAY.
GLADYS LOVED TO EMBROIDER AND MAKE QUILTS. SHE ENJOYED READING BOOKS AND SPENDING CHERISHED TIME WITH HER FAMILY. GLADYS DEARLY LOVED THE HOLIDAYS, AS EVERYONE WOULD GATHER TO VISIT FOR THE DAY. SPRING WAS HER FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED BLOOMING AND SHOWING NEW LIFE. THE DOGWOOD TREES AND ROSES WERE HER FAVORITE GIFT FROM MOTHER NATURE.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 3:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 7, 2001 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT THE 11:00 AM ON THURSDAY MARCH 8 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL CHAPEL WITH BROTHER BOB BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE RED BUD CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE,DARRYL DAHLEY, TODD COURTWAY, JERRY COURTWAY JR., SHANE JONES, NATHAN COURTWAY AND JOEY BOURBON.