Stancel, Marie McMahan (Rising Fawn)

  • Thursday, November 16, 2023
Marie Stancel
Marie Stancel

Marie McMahan Stancel, 83, of Rising Fawn, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at her residence.

She was a devoted mother and loved her entire family so much. Marie was a member of Rising Fawn Church of God and was preceded in death by her husbands, Kelly Stancel & Bodi Bowen, parents, George & Pallie McMahan, brothers, Roy, Burr, Smokey, & Carl McMahan, sisters, Estella Simmons & Junella Fisher, and grandson, Lance Bowen.

Survivors include her daughter, Judy Kay Houston, Rainsville, AL; sons, Bookie (Evelyn) Bowen, Trenton, GA, Randy (Vickie) Bowen, Higdon, AL, Eddie (Ginger) Bowen, Trenton, GA, & Johnny (Becky) Bowen, Sulphur Springs, AL; sisters, Pauline (Chick) McCarty, Rising Fawn, GA, & JoAnn (Roland) Durham, Trenton, GA; brothers, Doug McMahan, Valley Head, AL, George (Lynn) McMahan, Trenton, GA, & Buckshot McMahan, Ft. Payne, AL; grandchildren, Jennifer Liles, Rodney Bowen, Chancie West, Branson Bowen, Treble Lewis, Breanna Houston, & Tristan Bowen; great-grandchildren, Kaylea & Nolan Liles; several nieces & nephews.

Funeral services for Mrs. Stancel will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18th at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Robert Goff & Rev. Mark Miller officiating.

Interment will follow in Hanna Cemetery, Rising Fawn, GA.

Expressions of sympathy may be shared at ryanfuneralhome.net.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 11 a.m. until the service hour at Ryan Funeral Home & Crematory, Trenton, GA.

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