Funeral service for Helen Gandy Rowe, 93, will be Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Michael Mason and Rev. Joey Coots officiating with Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Falkville City Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Rowe died on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at Summerford Nursing Home. She was born April 21, 1924, in Morgan County to Thomas A. Gandy and Cornice Marie Thompson. Helen grew up on a farm in the Cold Springs community. In her early years, Helen walked to school at Gandy Cove Church, and later attended Falkville High School where she graduated. On May 12, 1945 Helen married John Rowe and moved to the Piney Grove community. Together, they bought a farm and worked it for many years. Helen loved growing flowers and cooking meals for her family. She was famous for her coconut cakes and lemon ice box pies. She loved visitors, and if you were at her home around noon, you were not only invited, but expected to eat dinner with the Rowes. Helen was a member of Piney Grove Church, where she was very active until her later years. She loved her church family and enjoyed their many visits over the past years. Closest to her heart, was her family, whom she dearly loved. In lieu of flowers make memorials to the Carpenters Cabinet in Falkville, Al. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Waymon Gandy, and her husband, John Smith Rowe.
Survivors include:
Two Sons:
Johnny Rowe (Anita), Falkville, AL
Don Rowe (Kaye), Falkville, AL
One Brother:
Harold Gandy, Falkville, AL
Three Grandchildren:
Jennie Foote (John)
Jason Rowe (Melissa)
Jared Rowe
Three Great Grandchildren
Grace Rowe
Kashton Rowe
Kasey Foote
Pallbearers will be Jason Rowe, Jared Rowe, John Foote, Kashton Rowe, Joe Ed Tankersley, Wayne Gandy, and Allen Gandy
