NORMA RASH FOWLER NORMA JEAN RASH FOWLER WAS BORN IN LEWISTON, IDAHO ON NOVEMBER 11, 1940, THE DAUGHTER OF GRANT AND GRACE (HODGSON) RASH WHERE HER DAD WORKED ON DIFFERENT RANCHES TENDING SHEEP AND OTHER LIVESTOCK. WHEN WORLD WAR II BROKE OUT NORMA JEAN’S FAMILY SETTLED FOR A SHORT TIME IN BALTIMORE, MD CONTRIBUTING TO THE WAR EFFORT BUILDING AIRPLANES. HER DAD MISSED FARMING, SO SOON HE HEADED TO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND PURCHASED A DAIRY FARM WHILE HER MOM CONTINUED TO BUILD PLANES. IN A SHORT TIME, THE FAMILY WAS REUNITED ON THE FARM DURING WHICH TIME NORMA’S BROTHER, ALAN, WAS BORN. IN THE EARLY 1950s, THIS YOUNG FAMILY SETTLED IN YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY BEGAN RAISING COTTON AND SHEEP. IT WAS HERE THAT NORMA FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. NORMA JEAN, AS A YOUNG ADULT, TRAVELED THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST AS A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR OLAN MILLS AND AS THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR RUSSELL STOVER’S CANDY. NORMA JEAN EARNED A MASTERS OF ARTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, WHICH EXPLAINED HER LOVE FOR TEACHING CHILDREN. SHE LOVED THE LORD AND THE SALVATION HE GAVE HER. SHE LOVED HER COUNTRY AND CONSERVATIVE POLITICS. SHE VERY MUCH DISLIKED FOUL LANGUAGE. NORMA JEAN MARRIED DAN FOWLER ON AUGUST 25, 1973 AND THEY SETTLED IN THE MONTGOMERY/PRATVILLE, ALABAMA COMMUNITIES. FOR A PERIOD OF THAT TIME THEY OWNED A TCBY YOGURT STORE IN PRATTVILLE. THEY HAD COMPLETED FORTY FIVE YEARS OF MARRIAGE WHEN DAN ENTERED ETERNITY IN 2018. NORMA R FOWLER WENT TO HEAVEN ON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 2020 AT THE BAPTIST SOUTH MEDICAL CENTER, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS. NORMA JEAN’S LIFE ENCOMPASSED 79 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, NORMA JEAN WAS PRECEDED INTO ETERNITY BY HER HUSBAND; DAN, HER BROTHER; ALAN, AND HER GREAT NEPHEW; MILLER GROVER. NORMA JEAN LEAVES TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE HER LIFE; HER SISTER-IN-LAW; FRANCIS RASH OF ANDERSON, SC, HER NIECES; ALANDA (RASH) GROVER AND HER HUSBAND, JOE, OF EVANS, GA, AND ALEXA (RASH) THOMPSON AND HER HUSBAND, AUSTIN, OF ANDERSON, SC, HER NEPHEW; ANDREW RASH AND HIS WIFE, ELLA, OF LEESBURG, VA. FOUR GREAT NIECES; MARY MADISON AND MOLLY GROVER AND MYLA AND ANI THOMPSON. THERE WERE THREE SPECIAL FRIENDS IN NORMA’S LIFE; SHARON BLEVINS, SHARON BICKMORE, AND CORA DOWNS WHO WILL MISS HER PHONE CALLS. THERE ARE AUNTS AND UNCLES AND MANY COUSINS, ALONG WITH OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, WHO WILL ALSO MISS HER PART IN THEIR LIVES. Private graveside services will be held on Wednesday. NORMA JEAN WILL BE INTERNED NEXT TO HER PARENTS IN ASHE COUNTY, NC, A PLACE SHE DEEPLY LOVED. VERSES FROM PSALM 20, ONE FROM A PLAQUE ON THE WALL NEAR NORMA’S FAVORITE CHAIR IN HER HOME SAYS, “NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD SAVES HIS ANNOINTED; HE WILL ANSWER HIM FROM HIS HOLY HEAVEN WITH THE SAVING STRENGTH OF HIS RIGHT HAND. SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS, AND SOME IN HORSES, BUT WE WILL REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD.” REJOICE THAT NORMA CLAIMED THOSE WORDS IN LIFE AND NOW LIVES THOSE WORDS IN ETERNITY.