Mary Joe Glover Coward

Mary Joe is survived by daughter Connie Coward Jones; and daughter Jean Coward Harper (Bill); sister Eleanor Glover Hulsey; grandson Jake Harper (Leah), grandson Brad Jones (Misti), great-grandchildren, Noah, Liv, & Elsa Harper; Piper & Talmadge Jones; and many nieces and nephews.

Mary Joe was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Coward; son-in-law Phillip W. Jones; father Joseph Glover and mother, Eva Allen Glover; sister Doris Glover Corbin; sister Kathryn Glover Duke and sister Hazel Glover Weber.

Mary Joe graduated from West End High School; where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She married her husband, Sam in 1946. She retired from AMICO where she worked as a bookkeeper and was the treasurer. She loved watching TV, especially Blue Bloods and the Golden Girls.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mary Joe's memory may be made to American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 10 Glenlake Pkwy NE South Tower, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, American Diabetes Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, Virginia 22202 US, and Shelby County Humane Society, 381 McDow Rd., Columbiana, Alabama 35051.

The family will receive friends on July 31, 2020 at 10 am at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel Funeral Home. A Celebration of Mary Joe's life will follow at 11 am in the chapel.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.johnsridoutselmwoodchapel.com for the Coward family.