Mary Margaret (McNary) Chowning, 90, Polo, MO, passed away at her home on July 13, 2021.  She and her family lived all over northwest Missouri before moving to Caldwell County in 1948.

Mary was born on September 14, 1930, in Lone Star, MO, to Otis (Hap) and Effie (Meyers) Hazzard.  She graduated from the Mirabile High School, Mirabile, MO, in 1948.  She was a homemaker, farmer's wife, and she worked for 35 years at the Mirabile Store in Mirabile.  She also worked hanging wallpaper and painting with Helen Karr, and was employed at the Mirabile School as a custodian and helper.

She greatly enjoyed cooking, canning, cleaning her home and raising chickens.  She was a noted historian and had a remarkable ability to remember important dates.

On November 17, 1950, she married John E. McNary in Hamilton, MO.  He passed away in 2006.  Mary then married Ellis Chowning on November 14, 2009, in Polo at his home.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, brothers-Billy and Roy Hazzard; and sisters-Ruby Allen, Reba Killin, Patricia Dunlap and Barbara Catron.

Survivors:  Husband-Ellis Chowning, of the home; Daughter-Virginia (Ed) Pautz, Mirabile; 2 grandsons-Brandon (Amber) Locker and Jamie Locker; 3 great-grandchildren; 3 Step-Children-James Chowning, Rita (Ron) Sullivan, and Ellis Chowning, Jr.; 6 step-grandchildren; and 3 Sisters-Ruth Patee, Margie Catron, and Joan (Charles) Jennings.

Funeral Service:  11 a.m., Saturday, July 17, 2021, at The Mirabile Community Church.

Visitation:  1 hour prior to the service at the church, (10 to 11 a.m.), on Saturday.

Interment:  The Mirabile Cemetery, Mirabile.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mirabile Cemetery or the donor's choice.

Friends may call at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, on Friday, July 16, from noon until 5 p.m.

Arrangements entrusted to Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.