Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....DELEVETT, Dorothy (Rowe) Willis May 7, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 May 22, 2009, 1:35 am The Brunswick News; Saturday 7 May 2005; Online Article Dorothy Rowe Delevett, loving wife and mother, returned to the Father's house on May 4, 2005, at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 79. Dorothy Delevett was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1925, to John Joseph Rowe Sr. and Marie Catherine Homann. She was a resident of Brunswick since 1929, moving to Atlanta this past year to be close to family and to receive medical treatments. Following the death of her husband, Alvin James Willis, Dorothy married Dr. J. Allen F. Delevett, who preceded her in death. She attended Glynn Academy and retired from Rentavision as office manager. She was a devout Methodist and a loyal member of the First United Methodist Church of Brunswick where she had served on the administrative board. She attended the John Wesley Sunday school class, was chairman of Fellowship No. 4, and a member of Fellowships No. 48 and No. 3. Dorothy, and her husband Allen, served as medical missionaries to Zimbabwe, Jamaica and Bolivia. She was also on the Board of Directors of the YWCA and the MAP International Auxiliary, and was a longtime member of TOPS. She is survived by her children and their spouses, John and Debbie Willis, Susan and Thomas Byrd, A. James Jr. and Martine Willis, Cheryl Willis, John Collins, Allen and Celia Delevett, Philip and Nancy Delevett, Dr. Peter and Molly Delevett, Bowen and Lesley Delevett, Nowell Delevett, Shellie and Ed Raquet, Beryl and Richard Lombard and Barbara Fay; 23 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Catherine Willis Collins, her son, Robert Willis, her sister, Ruth Rowe Specht, her brother, John Joseph Rowe and her stepson, Edward Fay, preceded her in death. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2005, at the First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Rick Turner and Carlton Carruth officiating. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Honorary pallbearer will be the John Wesley Sunday School Class and Fellowship No. 3. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Allen and Dorothy Delevett Mission Fund, First United Methodist Church of Brunswick, Post Office Box 1415, Brunswick, GA 31521. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at