Edith M. Scarborough Fowler, 70, died Thursday, July 13, 2006, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 16, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Shelton Smith, Rev. George Parrish and Rev. Joe Crumley will officiate with burial to follow in Hickory Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Matthew Fowler, Tyler Sumner, Josh Walker, Charlie Horton, Steffen Pearman and Adam Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Crumley, Gordon Hughes and the employees of the Georgia Agrirama. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 15, 2006, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Ms. Fowler was born on October 5, 1935 in Worth County and was the daughter of Elton Scarborough and Elmer Harris Scarborough, both deceased. She was a homemaker and an interpreter at the Georgia Agrirama and had lived in Tift County her entire life.
Ms. Fowler is survived by her husband, Horace Fowler of Tifton; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Roger and Donna Fowler of Tifton, Ladon Fowler of Tifton, and Greg and Kelli Fowler of Tifton; two daughters and one son-in-law, Letaia Sumner of Tifton and Rachel and Lee Walker of Tifton; two brothers, Dan Scarborough of Tift County and Jack Scarborough of Tift County; one sister, Nettie Mae Pope of Worth County; eleven grandchildren, Heather Pearman, Matthew Fowler, Jennifer Williams, Corey Fowler, Kari Fowler, Michelle Horton, Tyler Sumner, Amanda Walker, Josh Walker, Kerigan Fowler and Kailyn Fowler; and four great grandchildren, Abby Pearman, Madelyn Horton, Callie Horton, Kayleigh Fowler.