Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Fowler, L. Maude Williams, 1949 

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Mrs. Fowler Passes Away 

  Mrs. Lela [sic; Lelia] Maude Fowler, 61, widow of Randall Fowler of 
Carrsville Community, died early today at her home after an illness of 
many months. 

  Mrs. Fowler was the daughter of the late Dawson and Martha Emily Worrell 
Williams of Southampton County.  She was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist 
Church for many years and the Woman's Missionary Society. 

  Surviviving her are five daughters, Mrs. J.C. Johnson of Suffolk, Miss 
Mariam Fowler, Miss Jessie Fowler, Mina Thelma Fowler, of Carrsville, Mrs. 
B.T. Southerlin of Danville.  One son, Patrick J. Fowler of Hopewell, five 
grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mabel Butler of Franklin. 

  The remains were taken to the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland and Sons of 
Franklin, pending funeral arrangements. 

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LELIA MAUDE WILLIAMS FOWLER 

   Mrs. Lela Maude Fowler, 61, of the Carrsville community, widow of J. 
Randall Fowler, died early Tuesday morning, July 12, at her home after 
an illness of many months.

   The daughter of the late Dawson and Martha Emily Worrell Williams of 
Southampton County, she was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church for 
many years and of its Woman's Missionary Society.

   Surviving her are three daughters, Misses Miriam, Jesse and Thelma 
Fowler of Carrsville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. J.C. Johnson of Suffolk 
and Mrs. E.T. Sutherlin of Danville; one stepson, Patrick H. Fowler of 
Danville; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Mabel [sic; Mable] 
Butler of Franklin.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Fowler were conducted at Beaver Dam Baptist 
Church on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock by the pastor, Rev. Edwin 
C. Thornton, followed by burial in the church cemetery.

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LELIA MAUDE WILLIAMS FOWLER 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Lela Maude Fowler were conducted at three 
o’clock Thursday afternoon, July 14, at Beaver Dam Baptist by Rev. Edwin 
C. Thornton, Jr.

   Mrs. William West, accompanied by Miss Mary Ely, sang "Abide With Me." 
The Beaver Dam Church choir sang "In the Garden."

   The pall was of Easter lilies, white carnations, and gypsophilia. 
Pallbearers were Elliott Holland, Horace Fowler, Harvey Worrell, Johnny 
March, Richard Eley and R.L. Miles.

   Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Beaver 
Dam Church and friends of the family.

   Interment followed in the Beaver Dam Cemetery.

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     MRS. LELIA MAUDE FOWLER 

   Once again the members of the W.M.U. of Beaver Dam Baptist Church 
have been called on to give up another member.  It was July the twelfth, 
nineteen hundred and forty-nine that Mrs. Lelia Maude Fowler answered the 
call of her Heavenly Father.  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
J. C. Johnson, and the Misses Miriam and Jessie Fowler, and three step-
children, Mr. P.H. Fowler, Mrs. E.T. Sutherlin, and Miss Thelma Fowler.

   The daughter of the late Dawson and Martha Emily Worrell Williams of 
Southampton County, she was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church for 
many years and of its Woman's Missionary Society.

   Surviving her are three daughters, Misses Miriam, Jesse and Thelma 
Fowler of Carrsville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. J.C. Johnson of Suffolk 
and Mrs. E.T. Sutherlin of Danville; one stepson, Patrick H. Fowler of 
Danville; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Mabel [sic; Mable] 
Butler of Franklin.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Fowler were from Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 
where she was a faithful member, by her Pastor, the Rev. E. C. Thornton, 
Jr.  Mrs. William West sang "Abide With Me," accompanied by Miss Mary 
Eley.  The Church Choir then sang "In the Garden".

   Mrs. Fowler was active in the work of her Church as long as her health 
would permit.  On the last Sunday she was able to attend Sunday School, 
her teacher welcomed her to class once again.  She replied, "I prayed so 
hard that God would give me the strength that I might attend once more." 
Her Christian life is being relived and her ideals are being realized in 
the lives of her children in their unselfish devotion to Christ's Church. 

"Though dark our path, and sad our lot, 
 Let us be still, and murmur not; 
  O breathe the prayer divinely taught, 
  'Thy will be done.' 

 What though in lonely grief we sigh, 
 For friends beloved, no longer nigh, 
 Submissive still would we reply, 
 'Thy will be done.' 

 Renew our will from day to day; 
 Blend it with Thine, and take away 
 All that now makes hard to say, 
 'Thy will be done.'" 

  Be it therefore resolved that: 

  First: We bow in humble submission to God's will, feeling that our loss 
is her gain. 

  Second: We extend to her loved ones our deepest sympathy, reminding them 
that our Heavenly Father never places more grief upon His children than they 
are able to bear. 

  Third: A copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, a copy to be 
spread on the minutes of our W. M. U. and a copy be sent to the RELIGIOUS 
HERALD for publication. 

          Respectfully submitted, 
     MRS. ANNIE B. ROSE, 
     MRS. CLYDE CUTHINS, [sic; CUTCHINS] 
     MRS. JOHN BRAYCE, Chairman. 
   Carrsville, Va. 


Lelia Maude (WILLIAMS; Mrs. James Randolph "Randall") FOWLER, 
b. 30 Mar 1887, Southampton Co., d. 12 Jul 1949, at home, Carrsville, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, 14 Jul 1949, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 83, Tues., July 12, 1949, p. 3, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127525344, by W. Clay Byrum; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 22, 1949, pp. 1 & 16; 
"The Religious Herald," resolutions posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127525344, 
   citing Beaver Dam Church Historical Collection 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BC-36) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127525344. 

D.Cert. 16019 (Windsor #10) 

Her sister Mable is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Rosemont list (S-15): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

"Tidewater News" obit confused about daughters - Thelma was a step-daughter, 
   Eunice (Mrs. Jos.C.) JOHNSON was Maude's birth-daughter. 
   The "Herald" memorial is correct. 


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