Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, W. Randolph, 2000 

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W. RANDOLPH FOWLER 

  W. Randolph Fowler, 83, passed away on March 16, 2000, in the East Pavilion 
of Southampton Memorial Hospital. 

  Mr. Fowler was a native of Southampton County and the son of the late Willie 
Ray Fowler and Ella Cutchins Fowler.  He was married to Elizabeth Pope Hancock 
Fowler.  He was retired from Southampton Memorial Hospital where he was 
employed as purchasing manager for 25 years.  He was a member of High Street 
United Methodist Church and the Maxie Bible Class where he served faithfully 
over the years on the Building and Grounds Committee and in various other 
capacities.  He was a sergeant in the National Guard and a charter member of 
the Franklin Volunteer Fire Department. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Greta F. Hall and her 
husband, Charles; three stepdaughters, Elizabeth H. Bryant and her husband, 
Stephen, Ann H. Kellogg and her husband, Boyd, and Vivian H. Hall and her 
husband, Jim; two grandchildren, John Hall and Jeffrey Hall and his wife, 
Amanda; nine stepgrandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren; a sister, Anna 
Reel Butler and her husband, David, of Albany, Ga.  He was predeceased by a 
sister, Armorel Bradshaw Johnson, and a brother, James Thomas Fowler. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Wright Funeral 
Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Edward C. Johnson.  Interment will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today 
at the funeral home. 

  Memorial donations may be made to High Street United Methodist Church, 301 
W. 1st Ave., Franklin, or the Alzheimer's Association, Franklin Branch, P.O. 
Box 937, Franklin, VA 23851. 


Willie Randolph FOWLER [Jr.], 
retired purchasing manager, National Guard veteran, 
b. 2 Mar 1916, Southampton Co., d. 16 Mar 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 169*), Franklin, 
   19 Mar 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mar. 18, 2000, p. B5 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow is buried with her first husband in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - 
   Sect. I, Plot 65.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His grandparents are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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