Larry Clyde Dowell

February 26, 1948 - October 23, 2020

Larry Clyde Dowell age 72 of Long Lane, Missouri was born February 26, 1948 to Clyde and Esther Dowell, and passed away Friday, October 23, 2020 Larry joined the Army in 1967 and made a carrier of it for 42 years with tours in Korea and Vietnam. He loved working on lawn mowers and was proud of his weed eater collection that he had. Everyone said he was the “King of Good Deals” and as a Mopar wiz. He liked hunting and fishing and front porch sitting. In his younger years he was into racing stock cars and motorcycles. Larry is preceded in death by his parents Clyde and Esther. He is survived by one daughter Lisa Carpenter; one son John Dowell; his daughter-in-law Meranda Dowell; two grandson’s Chanch and Westley Carpenter and spouses and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 12:00 pm Thursday, November 5, 2020 in the Cantlon-Otterness and Viets Funeral Home in Buffalo with burial to follow in the Springfield Missouri Veterans Cemetery under the direction of the Cantlon-Otterness and Viets Funeral Home of Buffalo, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in the funeral home.