Marjorie Lee Fowler

Video Memorial TributeMarjorie Lee Bumpous Fowler, age 82, passed away on April 12, 2017 at her home in Courtland, MS.  Funeral services for Mrs. Fowler will be held Monday, April 17, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Eureka Private Cemetery in Courtland. Rev. Wayne Scoggins, Rev. Ken Salley, Mr. Mark Aldridge and Mr. Brandon Fowler and Mr. Lanny Fowler will officiate the service. Marjorie was born April 6, 1935 to the late Robert Dudley Bumpous and Reatha Lucille Tice Bumpous in Marshall County, MS. During her lifetime she worked for Kellogg's in Memphis and was a member of Eureka United Methodist Church. Marjorie was a loving wife, mother and friend. She found much joy in taking care of her family and friends. Marjorie held a special love for her family and grandchildren. Those she leaves behind to cherish her loving memory include her husband of 60 years, Roy Douglas "Doug" Fowler; her children, Lanny Douglas Fowler of Southaven, and Sondra Denise Fowler of Senatobia; 4 grandchildren, Michael Paul Fowler, Brandon Douglas Fowler, Lauren Elizabeth Fowler, and Dalton Cole Fowler; and 1 great grandchild, Gunner Slade Brewington. She is preceded in death by one daughter, Draxie Lynell Fowler; her parents, two sisters, Betty Jean McKnatt and Ann Hannah; two brothers, Raymond Bumpous and Randolph Bumpous.