MOBERLY -- Mark Orlando Rowe, 41, formerly of Howardville, died Nov. 11, 2005, at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia.
Born Oct. 23, 1964, in Lilbourn, son of Margaret McMorkle Rowe of Howardville and the late Jettie "J.B." Rowe, he was a 1983 graduate of Lilbourn High School and attended the Monument of Grace Church in Columbia.
On Feb. 14, 1996, he married Niesha Johnson, formerly of New Orleans, La., who survives of the home.
In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by: one son, Mark Rowe Jr. of the home; four daughters, Ahshaneque Johnson and Ahshane' Johnson of Columbia, Whitney Daniels of St. Louis and Nakosha Newsome of Lilbourn; four brothers, Charles Rowe and Cory Rowe of Howardville, Donald Rowe of New Madrid and Tommy Rowe of Malden; and four sisters, Joyce Cole of Nixa, Pearl Hicks of Lilbourn, Tammy Bell of Marston and Clois Taylor of Howardville.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Jettie Rowe, Wendell Rowe and Carl Rowe; and one sister, Claudette Porter.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Williams Funeral Home in Howardville. Funeral services will be conducted at noon Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Howardville with Mable Edwards, missionary, officiating.
Burial will follow in Simmons Park Cemetery at Catron.