HAVERHILL: Lola Mae (Johnson) McDowell, 82, of 190 North Avenue died Friday morning, March 27, 2009 in the Wingate Nursing Home following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Neal D. McDowell, Jr., who died in May of 1998.
Born in McLeansville, North Carolina on July 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Lillie (Smith) Johnson.
A loving and devoted mother and grandmother, she will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by five sons and a daughter, Neal, husband of Rosalba McDowell of Boston, Edward, husband of Ermie McDowell of Jacksonville, FL, William McDowell of Ware, MA, Richard, husband of Jeannie McDowell of Plaistow, NH, Deborah, wife of Andrew Sieczkowski of Jaffrey, NH and Patrick McDowell of Derry, NH, fifteen grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She is also survived by her sister, Sug Steele, two brothers and a sister-in-law, Ted and Frances Johnson and Frank Johnson, and many nieces and nephews.