BROWNWOOD -- Joyce 'Allegra' Bower, 65, of Garland, died Monday afternoon, July 24, 2006, at the Baylor Medical Center in Garland. She died peacefully with her family and loved ones by her side. She was born April 9, 1941, in Dearborn, Mich., to Robert A. Dewar and Jeanne Clark Dewar. Known to many friends as "Allegra," Joyce was a lifetime member of the Longview American Legion - Post No. 121, and she was a lifetime member of the VFW. She had lived in Bellflower, Calif. before moving to Brownwood in 1974. She then moved to Indian Creek, Gilmer, and more recently, Garland. Making friends and close acquaintances wherever she traveled, Joyce is survived by two daughters, Robin D. and At All Kite and Deborah L. Morgan, both of Sweetwater; four grandchildren, Ashley and Austen Kite, and Robert and Samantha Allegra Morgan; and four sisters and three brothers: Edna Goca, Jessie Fambrough, and Peter Dewar, all of Vancouver, Wash.; Mary Grace Cvek of Deer Harbor, Wash.; Patricia Hodo of Garland; Kenneth Weiler of Alpina, Mich.; and Jim Savage of Crawfordville, Fla. Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, July 29, 2006, at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Brownwood, with the Reverend Alan McGlaughlin S.S.C. officiating. Interment will follow in nearby Indian Creek Cemetery, under the direction of Netherton Funeral Home.