Mona Marie Gardner, 60, of Bay City passed away April 25, 2019. She was born February 22, 1959 in Bay City, TX to William Herman Owen, Jr. and Martha Zernicek Owen.

Mona is preceded in death by her parents; husband Sampson Gardner, Jr., and brother Emil George Owen. She is survived by daughters Sheila Marie Gardner and Shellie Elizabeth Gardner and partner Cody Paul Coston, Sr.; sons Sampson Gardner III and wife Patricia Luna, Scotty James Gardner; sisters Dina Owen Hite, Janet Fay Wood and husband Bobby Dale Wood, Sr., Elizabeth Ann Owen, Mary Jean Owen, and Emil's wife Mary Ann Owen; brothers William Herman Owen III and life partner Michael Jones, and Joseph Frank Owen, and grandchildren Caleb DaShawn Gardner, Abigail Marie Gardner, Josslynn Janay Gardner-Murphey, Kyler James Gardner, Liliana Elizabeth Gardner, Sampson Hilario Gardner, Sophia Grace Coston, and Cody Paul Coston, Jr.

The family will receive friends and relatives 5:00-7:00pm Friday, April 26 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. The Rosary will be at 6:30pm that evening. Funeral services are 10:00am Saturday, April 27, 2019 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Fr. Gabriel Espinosa officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers are Sampson Gardner III, James Earl Gardner, William Herman Owen III, William Herman Owen IV, Michael Jones and Bobby Dale Wood, Sr. Honorary pallbearers are Scotty James Gardner, Donald Ray Gardner, Joseph Frank Owen and Cody Paul Coston, Sr.