Thomas Fowler

He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Geraldine Fowler and his sister Mary Ellen Collier.

Tom was a graduate of Miami Senior High School in Miami, Florida.  He attended Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. and  received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State College in Atlanta.

He served in the United States Army on the front lines of the DMZ in Korea.  While in Korea he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and was later selected to attend Officers Training School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Tom had interesting business careers beginning with starting a commercial landscape company contracting with the Georgia Highway Department to maintain highway medians.  He later was the owner of an Atlanta area printing company.  A few years later, when the printing company was destroyed by fire, he became a successful independent insurance agent, until his retirement due to various health issues.

He had a love of flying small planes and earned his private pilots license after taking flying lessons in the Atlanta area.  One year his inquisitive nature led him to surprise his family with a Christmas concert following months of secretly taking flute music lessons.  He and his talented wife Mary Ruth shared a devotion for the arts in the form of paintings and sculpture, which was evident throughout their home.

Tom is survived by his sister Carol George of Harrisonville, Mo., brother James Fowler (Sarah) of Sale Creek, Tenn., brother Robert Fowler (Linda) of Gainesville, brother-in-law William Sykes (Nancy) of Gainesville and a number of beloved nieces, nephews great nieces and nephews.

A private joint family graveside service will be held at Alta Vista Cemetery for Tom and Mary Ruth at a later date.

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Little and Davenport Funeral Home and Crematory, Gainesville.