Jean Blackmon Rowell, of Laurens, widow of Maxcy Webber Rowell Sr., passed away May 20, 2013, after a long and wonderful life.
She was born in Heath Springs, South Carolina on December 6, 1926, to Beuna Estell Sturgis and Lucius Alston Blackmon.
Jean was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was strong, smart, outspoken, loyal and always there for her family.
She graduated Valedictorian from Heath Springs High School, and graduated from Winthrop College with a degree in Physical Education.
Jean taught school and coached basketball at Bennettsville High School in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and Andrews High School in Andrews, South Carolina. She also was a teacher at Williamsburg High School in West Andrews, South Carolina.
She loved working in her yard and garden, playing bridge, and playing golf with the Ladies Golf Association at Cherry Hill Country Club. Never one for idle time, she worked at Andrews Nursery for 20 years. Jean was a Cub Scout Den Leader, a Brownie Scout Leader, transported cheerleaders when her husband Webber was coaching, and was avid supporter of Andrews High School.
Mrs. Rowell was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Anna-Hannah Circle.
She is predeceased in death by her husband of 62 years and children; Diane and Donald Rowell; her mother, Beuna Estell Blackmon; her father, Lucius Alston Blackmon, and her sister Mary Rose Lundy. She is survived by her children: Rev. Maxcy W. Rowell Jr. (Brenda) of Simpsonville, SC; Karen "Cookie" Rowell Spillane (Mickey) of Summerville, SC; James "Jim" E. Rowell (Sara) of Chesapeake Virginia; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and by her sister Ann Blackmon Teague of Winston Salem.
A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Andrews Memorial Cemetery, Andrews, South Carolina, May 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m., with Reverend Maxcy W. Rowell Jr., officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 1:30 to 2:30 at Trinity United Methodist Family Life Center before the funeral
She was born in Heath Springs, South Carolina on December 6, 1926, to Beuna Estell Sturgis and Lucius Alston Blackmon.
Jean was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was strong, smart, outspoken, loyal and always there for her family.
She graduated Valedictorian from Heath Springs High School, and graduated from Winthrop College with a degree in Physical Education.
Jean taught school and coached basketball at Bennettsville High School in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and Andrews High School in Andrews, South Carolina. She also was a teacher at Williamsburg High School in West Andrews, South Carolina.
She loved working in her yard and garden, playing bridge, and playing golf with the Ladies Golf Association at Cherry Hill Country Club. Never one for idle time, she worked at Andrews Nursery for 20 years. Jean was a Cub Scout Den Leader, a Brownie Scout Leader, transported cheerleaders when her husband Webber was coaching, and was avid supporter of Andrews High School.
Mrs. Rowell was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Anna-Hannah Circle.
She is predeceased in death by her husband of 62 years and children; Diane and Donald Rowell; her mother, Beuna Estell Blackmon; her father, Lucius Alston Blackmon, and her sister Mary Rose Lundy. She is survived by her children: Rev. Maxcy W. Rowell Jr. (Brenda) of Simpsonville, SC; Karen "Cookie" Rowell Spillane (Mickey) of Summerville, SC; James "Jim" E. Rowell (Sara) of Chesapeake Virginia; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and by her sister Ann Blackmon Teague of Winston Salem.
A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Andrews Memorial Cemetery, Andrews, South Carolina, May 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m., with Reverend Maxcy W. Rowell Jr., officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 1:30 to 2:30 at Trinity United Methodist Family Life Center before the funeral
Jean Blackmon Rowell, of Laurens, widow of Maxcy Webber Rowell Sr., passed away May 20, 2013, after a long and wonderful life.
She was born in Heath Springs, South Carolina on December 6, 1926, to Beuna Estell Sturgis and Lucius Alston Blackmon.
Jean was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was strong, smart, outspoken, loyal and always there for her family.
She graduated Valedictorian from Heath Springs High School, and graduated from Winthrop College with a degree in Physical Education.
Jean taught school and coached basketball at Bennettsville High School in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and Andrews High School in Andrews, South Carolina. She also was a teacher at Williamsburg High School in West Andrews, South Carolina.
She loved working in her yard and garden, playing bridge, and playing golf with the Ladies Golf Association at Cherry Hill Country Club. Never one for idle time, she worked at Andrews Nursery for 20 years. Jean was a Cub Scout Den Leader, a Brownie Scout Leader, transported cheerleaders when her husband Webber was coaching, and was avid supporter of Andrews High School.
Mrs. Rowell was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Anna-Hannah Circle.
She is predeceased in death by her husband of 62 years and children; Diane and Donald Rowell; her mother, Beuna Estell Blackmon; her father, Lucius Alston Blackmon, and her sister Mary Rose Lundy. She is survived by her children: Rev. Maxcy W. Rowell Jr. (Brenda) of Simpsonville, SC; Karen "Cookie" Rowell Spillane (Mickey) of Summerville, SC; James "Jim" E. Rowell (Sara) of Chesapeake Virginia; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and by her sister Ann Blackmon Teague of Winston Salem.
A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Andrews Memorial Cemetery, Andrews, South Carolina, May 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m., with Reverend Maxcy W. Rowell Jr., officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 1:30 to 2:30 at Trinity United Methodist Family Life Center before the funeral
She was born in Heath Springs, South Carolina on December 6, 1926, to Beuna Estell Sturgis and Lucius Alston Blackmon.
Jean was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was strong, smart, outspoken, loyal and always there for her family.
She graduated Valedictorian from Heath Springs High School, and graduated from Winthrop College with a degree in Physical Education.
Jean taught school and coached basketball at Bennettsville High School in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and Andrews High School in Andrews, South Carolina. She also was a teacher at Williamsburg High School in West Andrews, South Carolina.
She loved working in her yard and garden, playing bridge, and playing golf with the Ladies Golf Association at Cherry Hill Country Club. Never one for idle time, she worked at Andrews Nursery for 20 years. Jean was a Cub Scout Den Leader, a Brownie Scout Leader, transported cheerleaders when her husband Webber was coaching, and was avid supporter of Andrews High School.
Mrs. Rowell was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Anna-Hannah Circle.
She is predeceased in death by her husband of 62 years and children; Diane and Donald Rowell; her mother, Beuna Estell Blackmon; her father, Lucius Alston Blackmon, and her sister Mary Rose Lundy. She is survived by her children: Rev. Maxcy W. Rowell Jr. (Brenda) of Simpsonville, SC; Karen "Cookie" Rowell Spillane (Mickey) of Summerville, SC; James "Jim" E. Rowell (Sara) of Chesapeake Virginia; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and by her sister Ann Blackmon Teague of Winston Salem.
A Graveside Funeral Service will be held at Andrews Memorial Cemetery, Andrews, South Carolina, May 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m., with Reverend Maxcy W. Rowell Jr., officiating. The family will be receiving friends from 1:30 to 2:30 at Trinity United Methodist Family Life Center before the funeral
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