Barbara Glea Parks Stowers

Stowers Barbara Glea Parks Stowers, 56, of Max Meadows, died Nov. 13, 2010, at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem following a lengthy illness. She was born on Jan. 10, 1954, in Marion to the late Marvin and Beatrice H. Parks of Sugar Grove. She was a registered nurse and she will be fondly remembered by all those for whom she provided care and by her family and friends who were the recipients of her unselfish love and devotion. Survivors include her husband of 33 years, Fred H. Stowers; her daughter, Shelley Rose Stowers, both of Max Meadows; her son, Adam Jason Stowers of Wytheville (the Stoney Fork community); her brother, Jerry R. Parks of Sugar Grove; her sister, Wanda P. Blevins of Konnarock; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at a memorial gathering at Lindsey Funeral Home on Thursday, Nov. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be no other services. Lindsey Funeral Home, Rural Retreat, is in charge of arrangements.