Funeral services for Emmett Thomas Fowler, Jr, age 81 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday November 22, 2015 at 2:30PM at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bryan Bult and Dr. Leslie Holmes officiating. Burial will follow in Higgins Cedar Hills Cemetery beside his wife of 51 years Judith Sevier Weston Fowler who passed away April 2015. Mr. Fowler passed away Thursday November 19, 2015 at his residence.
He was a native of Wilsonburg, WV, and was the son of the late Emmett Thomas Fowler, Sr. and Opal King Fowler White. Mr. Fowler was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, was retired from Chevron Refinery in Pascagoula, Ms, and was a member of the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Fayetteville Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include two sons Emmett Thomas Fowler, III, Retired US Army, and wife Janis Michelle Fowler of Yelm, WA, Richard Paul Fowler and wife Donna Michelle Fowler of Mandeville, LA, daughter Donna Gail Fowler of Fayetteville, grandson Dane Michael Fowler of Fayetteville, granddaughter Tori Nicalett Fowler of Mandeville, LA, grandson Landon Paul Fowler of Mandeville, LA, and granddaughter Tela Nichole Fowler of Mandeville, LA.
In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. Fowler was preceded in death by a sister Judy Irene Fowler Burkett.
Visitation with the family will be Sunday November 22, 2015 from 1-2:30PM at the Fayetteville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fayetteville ARP Church Mission Fund, 1720 Huntsville Highway, Fayetteville, TN 37334, or Galactosemia Foundation, P.O. Box 1512, Deerfield Beach, FL 33443-1512.
Higgins Funeral Home is assisting the family of Mr. Emmett Thomas Fowler, Jr.
