Janet was born on December 24, 1935; the youngest of 10 surviving children born to Samuel and Rebecca McKinney of Meigs County Ohio. She loved school and graduated at age sixteen. She moved to Columbus, Ohio where she obtained her first job as a bookkeeper. While working in Columbus, she also met and married the love of her life, Roger Keith Mowery of Lima, Ohio. Janet and Roger have two children; Steven Ray Mowery of Little Rock, who died at 59 of cancer and Lisa Raye Mowery Ricketson, 62 of Oak Harbor, OH. Steven and his wife, Dian Mowery of Maumelle, AR have two beautiful daughters; Amber Mowery and Stephanie Mowery Yates, who with husband, Aaron Yates of Bryant, AR, have given Roger and Janet their only precious great grandchild: Dillon Yates. Lisa Mowery Ricketson has one son, Jeremy Jones Ricketson of Little Rock, beloved first grandchild to Roger and Janet.
Janet was very active in the churches she attended throughout her life. She was an excellent Sunday School Teacher, mostly to teenage girls’ and women’s classes. Janet also had the opportunity to participate in several Billy Graham Crusades during her lifetime. If Janet was not busy keeping her house clean and in order, then one would find her reading her Bible or studying and preparing her Sunday School lesson for the week. Janet loved beautiful worship music and attending church services. Her faith was the driving force of her life and it sustained her until her last and final peaceful breath on this earth. She left this world in peace because she knew she belonged to God. Her life was a living testimony to her beliefs and her great faith in God.
Funeral service will be held 2:00 pm, Friday, November 6, 2020 at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church.
