Evelyn M. Fowler

Evelyn Marie Ayers Fowler was born in Jacksonville, FL at St Luke’s Hospital August 22, 1943. She was one of twelve children born to Alfred Joseph Ayers Sr and Luegenia Morris Ayers. Her early years were spent in Palatka, FL and later her family moved to Branford, FL. On Governor Hill Lake in Dixie County at a hot dog roast, she caught the eye of a young sailor Green C. Fowler, Sr (G-bug, aka GC).He was known over the years to say with a twinkle in his eye, “it was love at first sight”. She was just fourteen when G.C. proposed marriage on the banks of the Suwannee River and months later they married October 11, 1957 in Valdosta, Ga. After moving to Dixie County, she did hairstyling, sewing for ladies of the community, and kept books for the family business. She then took a class in cake decorating and baked cakes for years for various events in the tri county area. Through the years she earned a GED, became an EMT, then pursued a career as a CNA. She said, “My years as a CNA were the most rewarding”. Then she would add, “But the joy of my life is Jesus first of all, my husband, children and grandchildren”. Her hobbies consisted of arts and crafts, and home interior decorating. You could always get a welcome hug and a hot meal at her house. At age seventy-eight after battling cancer, she passed from this life to her eternal home on October 25, 2021 at Haven Hospice Care Center in Chiefland, FL. Her family and friends had the awesome privilege of walking her to the edge of eternity in her final days. She is survived by her three children, Gloria Jean Fowler Miller (Bill Miller), (Buddy) Green C Fowler, Jr (Teresa Cannon Fowler), and Lisa Elaine Fowler Williams (Derek Williams), eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grand-children, and one great-great-grandchild. In addition are the many who adopted her as mom. She is also survived by one sister, Alma Jean Ayers Keating; and five brothers - Robert, Jesse, (Tommy) William, Gerald, and Alfred Jr. She is preceded in death by her husband of fifty-seven years, Green C Fowler Sr; her parents - Luegenia Morris Ayers, and (Pat) Alfred Joseph Ayers of Kenansville, FL; sisters - Patsy Ayers Gilner, Nina Ayers Douglas, Genevieve Ayers Griffis; brothers –(Bo) Edward A Ayers, Freddie W Ayers. She will be missed by all who love her. A pre-service gathering will be held at the Cross City Church of God on October 29, 2021, at 10am for family and friends, with the service following at 11am. Interment will be held at the Countryside Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery located on Hwy 349 in First District of Old Town, FL following the service. Pastor Joe Brooks of the Cross City Church of God and Pastor Dewayne Bowdoin of Eagles Point Ministries will be officiating. The service will be available to listen to in the Church parking lot on station 92.7 FM. Arrangements have been placed under the care of the Rick Gooding Funeral Home Chiefland Chapel, with locations in Cross City 352-498-5400 and Chiefland 352-493-0050. Please sign the online guest book at rickgoodingfuneralhomes.com

Evelyn M. Fowler

August 22, 1943 - October 25, 2021