March 8, 2024, 86, Pikeville —

Grace Gower Daughtry, 86, of Pikeville received her ultimate healing Friday morning, March 8, 2024, at her home. 

Funeral service will be held Monday, March 11, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home in Fremont. The family will greet friends following the service. Entombment will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel in Dudley.

Mrs. Daughtry was born in Johnston County on December 11, 1937, to the late Lawrence and Lavina Rowe Gower. She was a member of Pinkney Baptist Church and retired from the Nahunta Pork Center.

Cherishing her memories are her two daughters, Debbie Bradshaw and husband, Jesse of Fremont and Ann Brown and husband, Anthony of Princeton; one brother, Jimmy Gower and wife, Janis of Michigan; two sisters, Linda Dixon and husband, Gary of Wendell and Diane Creech of Kenly; sisters-in-law, Margarette Gower of Princeton and Carolyn Gower of Wilson Mills; three grandchildren, Jacob Bradshaw and wife, Kelli, Reese Brown and Casey Bradshaw and husband, Mel Robinson and one great-grandson, Hunter Robinson.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Junior Daughtry; four brothers, Alton Gower, Wilton Gower, Elbert Gower, and Gordon Gower and one sister, Kathy Stewart.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in her memory to
Pinkney Baptist Church
3157 NC Highway 581 North
Fremont, NC 27830

The family would like to extend a sincere appreciation to Gentiva Hospice for the loving care given.

The family is in the care of Shackleford-Howell Funeral Home, 102 N. Pine Street in Fremont.