Sally Hodges Bowman Morrison

Mrs. Sally Hodges Bowman Morrison, 83, of Mount Airy, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Tuesday morning, September 13, 2022, at Dunmore Plantation.  Mrs. Morrison was born March 25, 1939, in Surry County, one of seven children born to the late Coley Walter and Dixie Ella Whitt Hodges.  Sally was a member of New Home Church of Christ.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and colleague to many.  In her lifetime, she had many ventures of entrepreneurship as the owner and operator of Key’s Grocery, Thrift Host Motel, Dobson Food Center, and Bowman’s Shop-Rite.  Later, Sally worked as a nursing assistant at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital and worked for Surry County Department of Social Services as a teacher and mentor for mothers of at-risk infants.  She retired as a home health caregiver at the age of 76.  Sally was a proud member of Eastern Star.  She had a very close-knit family and would want to leave knowing they all loved one another and continued her family legacy.  She is survived by her husband, Gary Darrell Morrison; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Sharon Bowman Leagan, Annette and Winford Draughn, and Teresa and Fred Parker; a daughter-in-law, Lorri Danley Bowman; a stepdaughter and her husband, Barbara and Robert Ritenour; her special children, Carolyn and Dennis Bullin and Gary and Teresa Hodges; sixteen grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; a brother and two sisters-in-law, Ray and Jean Hodges and Sheree Hodges; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Monroe and Louise Bowman; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Ann Smith, Rachel Dodson, and Mary Shumate.  When Sally entered heaven, she was reunited with her first husband, Clifford Ray Bowman; a son, The Honorable Clifford Ricky Bowman; a son-in-law, Dean Mitchell Leagan; her parents; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Emma and Ray Bunn and Minnie Mae and Junior Draughn; a brother, Arnold Gray Hodges; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Johnny and Annie Bowman; and four brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Calvin and Rosie Bowman, Clayton and Shelby Bowman, Virginia and Ed Peele, and Louise and A.C. May.  A service of worship and celebration of Sally’s life will be held Friday, September 16, 2022, at 2:00 PM at New Home Church of Christ, with Brother Tim Smith officiating.  No formal visitation will be held.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Honorable Clifford Ricky Bowman Memorial Scholarship Fund, Surry Community College Foundation, 630 South Main Street, Dobson, NC  27017.  Moody-Davis Funeral Service in Dobson is serving the family.