(JoAnne Saverio) BOWLIN, Rev. JoAnne
"Jody" Out of State -- Age 60, of Centre, Alexis Community, AL
passed away Tuesday Jan. 24th, 2006 in Gadsden Regional Medical
Center. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ebenezer
United Methodist Church, with Revs. Bill Gandy and David Barnhart
officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family
will receive friends from 12 Noon until 3 p.m. Wednesday at the
church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Ebenezer
Building Fund or Library, Fairview United Methodist Church of
Cherokee Baptist Hospice. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Jack
Bowlin; son, Travis Wayne Sacchinelli, Cedar Bluff; stepchildren,
Ronald (Teresa) Bowlin, Nashville, Gary Wayne Bowlin, Nashville,
Donna Sherie Stevers, CA; 13 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by, William Lee and Michael Dwayne Bowlin.
Rev. Bowlin was a native of Emory, GA, the daughter of the late
Charles Francis and Jeanne Roberts Saverio. She was a member of
Fairview United Methodist Church. She was pastor of Ebenezer United
Methodist Church and Hebron United Methodist Church. She retired
from Nashville-Metro Police Department, 1985 with rank of Lieutant.
Pallbearers include, Billy Joe Baker, Walt Barney, Jimmy Caruthers,
Richard Lindsey, Terry Hawkin, Johnny Williams, Bob White, and Keith
Gossett. Special Honorary Pallbearers, Billy Godfrey, Hobart Barnes,
Rich Lindsey, Burl Williams, Wallace Cothran, Lane Gilbert, Billy
Studdard, David Pruett, Ed Teal, Frankie Lewis, Nick McMichen, Billy
Barnes, Oliver Wilkie, Members of Ebenezer and Hebron and Fairview
United Methodist Churches. PERRY FUNERAL HOME in charge of
arrangements. (256) 927-3222.
Published in The Tennessean on January
25, 2006 |