Mabel Kathryn Housch Stowe, 84, of LaFayette, Georgia, died on July 29, 2013.
She was born on April 7, 1929 in Chattooga County, GA, daughter of the late Clifford C. and Annie Laura Woodard Housch. She attended Dry Valley Baptist Church, Summerville, GA, where she had been a member since 1942. Mrs. Stowe was a former pianist, a member of the Grace Sunday School Class, and an active member of the Young at Hearts. She retired from Standard Coosa Thatcher in Rossville, GA, after 30 years of service.
Mrs. Stowe was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and will be dearly missed. “I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.” II Tim. 4:7.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Dean Stowe; two brothers, John Woodard Housch and Clifford Carlton Housch; and two sisters, Annie Margaret Groover and Dorothy Mattielyn Hearn.
Mrs. Stowe is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Laura Kathryn and Sammy Bowman of LaFayette, Charlotte Ann and Sonny Elders of Trion, GA; one son and his wife, Kenneth Russell and Carol Stowe of LaFayette; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Dry Valley Baptist Church with Ministers Jimmy Weaver and her grandson, Jeff Bowman, officiating, with interment to follow in the West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Drew York, Scotty Wood, Jamey Bowman, Jeff Bowman, Mike York, and Adam Hunt. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Dry Valley Baptist Church Grace Sunday School Class.
Mrs. Stowe will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, and the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. She will also lie in state at the Dry Valley Baptist Church from 1 p.m. until the service hour on Thursday.
The family would like to thank Hospice of Chattanooga, especially Nurse Tina and Ms. Judy, for their loving care of our mother.