Mrs. Ruth E. Fowler

March 24, 1935 - January 14, 2016

Ruth Eugenia Hartsfield Fowler, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and Ruth Hayes Hartsfield, departed this life on January 13, 2016 at the Milan General Hospital. She was born on March 24, 1935. An alumni of Gibson County Training School, “Jean” attended Lane College and West TN Business College. She later served as a substitute teacher and secretary at Polk-Clark School. She professed her life to Christ at a very young age. She was a faithful member of Phillips Chapel C.M.E. Church until her health declined. She loved to sing and was a member of the Massey Singers Choir. She was an advocate for equality and was active in her community through the NAACP and The Concerned Citizens of Milan. She valued family and played a pivotal role in the naming of Hartsfield Drive, honoring her father, T.R. She was preceded in death by her father, Theodore Roosevelt Hartsfield, mother, Ruth Magdalene Hartsfield, brother, John Leonard Hartsfield III and grandson, Kevin Burns. She leaves to cherish her memory four children: Robert Fowler (Barbara), Rosalyn Burns (Thomas), Christopher Fowler and Lamont Fowler; nine grandchildren: Kimberly, Karen Nicole, Karen Denise, Robert Jr., Jessica, Thomas Connell, Shakira, Jordan and Mercedes; three nieces: Joanne, Tracy, and Erica Hartsfield; one nephew: John Hartsfield; an aunt, June; thirteen great-grand children; and a host friends and church members.