O.Z. Rowe, Jr.

Mr. O.Z. Rowe, Jr., currently of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on November 8, 2010. Graveside services for Mr. Rowe will be held on Saturday, November 13 at 3:00 P.M. at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus, Georgia. A memorial service for Mr. Rowe will be held on Wednesday November 17, at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of the First Baptist Church in Gainesville, Georgia. Visitation will be at 1:00 P.M. immediately preceding the service.

Mr. Rowe was the son of the late Lottie Mae Brown Rowe and O.Z. Rowe, Sr. of Hilliard, Florida. Mr. Rowe served in the Air Force as a radio operator in B-17s during World War II. During his almost 3 years of active duty, he was stationed in Molesworth, England and completed twenty-nine flight missions. In 1985, Mr. Rowe retired from his management position with Bell South after 44 years of employment.

Mr. Rowe was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Georgia and volunteered there in the Family Life Center. He also volunteered at the Gainesville History Center and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and the Lanier Men's Garden Club.

O.Z. Rowe was preceded in death by his sister, Nora Imogene Rowe Jackson, his brother, Harold E. Rowe, and his grandson, Richard Carl Houck. Loving survivors of Mr. Rowe include his wife, Annette Suggs Rowe, his daughter, Angela (John) Hewitt, his brother Clark H. Rowe, two grandsons, Blaine and Tyler (Elizabeth) Hewitt, three great granddaughters, Ansley Marie, Avery Patricia and Anna Elizabeth Hewitt, and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the First Baptist Church of Gainesville, Georgia Ministry of Caring.

Those wishing to make online condolences may do so at Littledavenport.com

Little and Davenport Funeral Home, 355 Dawsonville Hwy, Gainesville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.