Rayford Lee Rowell, 66, Clarksville, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at his residence. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel with Rev. Bobby Kail officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from 12 noon until the hour of service Friday at the funeral home. He was born January 10, 1943 in Robertson County, NC and is the son of Gladys Rowell Sandfer. Mr. Rowell was a painter. He is survived by his mother of Clarksville; brothers, David Sandfer, Knoxville, Bill Sandfer, Clarksville, Johnny Sandfer, Lake Geneva, WI, Bart Sandfer, Clarksville; half sister, Brenda Hall. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.