Bobby Neil Clower, 67, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Monday, December 28, 2015, at Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla.
Funeral services will be held 4PM, Thursday, December 31, 2015 at High Hill Baptist Church in Turner County, with the Rev. Danny Gay officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Turner County. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, from 6 to 8, at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Clower was born December 15, 1948 in Turner County, to the late Robert Clark and Dorothy Elizabeth Nelson Clower. He worked for a pants factory in Sycamore while he lived in Ashburn. Mr. Clower moved to the community in 1980 and worked in the mobile home industry. He was a carpenter and enjoyed building doghouses. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and he also enjoyed fishing and country music. He was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years: Mary Clower of Fitzgerald; children: Cynthia James & D.J. of Moultrie, Sherry Grover & David of Laurel Hill, Florida, Warren Dunbar of Fitzgerald, Donald Dunbar & Tammy of St. Augustine, Florida and Michelle Simmons of De Funiak Springs, Florida; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and three sisters: Dorothy Clyde Kennedy of Ashburn, Evelyn Roberts of Fitzgerald, and Rhonda & Tony Self of Ashburn. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter: Mary Elizabeth Volee Eubanks and two sisters: Ann Rathburn and Connie Wilcox.