Rosie Mae (Foster) Fowler

Rosie Mae Fowler was affectionately known as “Rosie” by many.  She was born in Blakely, Georgia, on February 21, 1934, to the late Mr. Eugene, Sr., and Eddie Foster. She was a graduate of the Monroe Comprehensive High School, and she furthered her education in the Dentistry Program at Darton College (currently Albany State University).  She retired from Drs. William K. Bayes and Becky Carlton’s Dentistry in Albany, GA. 

 

Survivors include her children Isreal James Fowler, Jr., of Lithonia, Georgia, Sandra Fowler, and  Patricia Gilbert-Parker (Rufus) of Albany, Georgia.  She leaves her sisters, Elaine (Aldof) Lee and Mary Foster both of Albany, Georgia, Ruby Gadson of Altamonte Spring, Florida, and a Godsister, Mary Crawford (Leroy) James of Albany, Georgia; two grandchildren, Donald Tyrone Gilbert, Jr. (Jazmine) and Nikita (Hiram) Grimes;  four great-grandchildren, Cortlyn and Donald Gilbert, III, Gregory Williams, III, and Ka’Myra Grimes.  She had a host of godchildren at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church and in the community, including Brenda Williams, Carolyn Warren, Alice, and Martha Hatcher. She loved her sisters-in-law as sisters, Naomia Fowler Mack of Augusta, Georgia, Lillian Benton Fowler of Macon, Georgia, and Ann Foster of Newark, New Jersey. One brother-in-law, Samuel Gregg of Albany, Georgia. Her siblings that preceded her in death are Forestine Gregg, Eugene (Ann) Foster, Corine Graham, Katherine Robinson, Bessie Stinson, and Flora Harden. She was preceded in death by her sister-in-law Bernice Fowler Howard and her brother-in-law Edward Fowler, Jr of Albany, Georgia. 

 

Those desiring may make donations to the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Sunday School, Noon Day Prayer, or the Mother’s Board of New Jerusalem P.O. Box 5653, Albany, GA 31706.