Lou Vina Fox Vowell, 80, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of Lake City, died Aug. 21 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.

Mrs. Vowell was born Aug. 17, 1913, in Hamblen County. She was reared near Morristown.

She was a member of Clear Branch Baptist Church and a member of the Medford Family and Community Education Club, formerly known as Medford Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Vowell worked for many years as a pastry cook in area restaurants.

Her husband, Clyde A. Vowell, parents, Jasper and Flora Inman Fox, brothers, Rufus and John Fox; and a sister, Margaret Mae Fox, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughters, Lois Arlene Hale, and husband, Neil of Lexington, Ky., and Wilma Nelson-Novak and husband, Victor of Meriden, Conn.; grandchildren, Janice L., Kendra D., Thomas A., and Daryl E. Hale; Tamra A. Sanchez and husband, Herbert, James F. Nelson and wife, Rumiko, Priscilla L. Ouellette and husband, Donald, Belinda L. Nelson; great-grandchildren, Phillip and Nicole Sanchez, James F. Jr. and Reia R. Nelson, Douglas and Colleen Ouellette, Jessica L. and Nevin R. Hale; sister, Mary S. Foust of Lake City; brother and sister-in-law, James Willie and Irene fox of Lake City; sisters-in-law, Mabel Foust and Myrtle Beets of Lake City, Daphine Bolton of Knoxville; several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Byrge and the Rev. Floyd Powell officiating. Burial was in St. Paul's Cemetery in Morristown.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
25 Aug. 1993