Sam Fowler
January 5, 1934 - March 6, 2020
Graveside services for Sam Fowler, 86, of Rusk will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Antioch Cemetery in Carthage under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home. Mr. Fowler passed away March 6, 2020. He was born in Carthage, Texas on January 5, 1934 to the late E.A. and Josie Fowler. He served in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1953 and was in the Korean War. He left the service to attend Kilgore Junior College and Bish-Mathis Institute and began his watchmaking career. He retired after 50 years, closing Fowler’s Jewelry in Rusk. In his spare time, he enjoyed building computers, researching genealogy with other family members, and watching old westerns. He enjoyed being outdoors. He is survived by his wife of almost 62 years, Helen Fowler of Rusk, children, Debra Austrum and her husband Eric of Round Rock, and Sam Fowler Jr. and his wife Cindy of Round Rock, grandchildren, Ashley Molinar of Glendale, AZ, Francisco Molinar of Glendale, AZ, Destiny English of Phoenix, AZ, Justin Fowler of Dallas, Ryan Fowler of Round Rock, and Sadie Fowler of Round Rock, great-grandchildren, Bentley Sullivan of Phoenix, AZ, and sister, Pat Bowden of Tenaha.
Graveside services for Sam Fowler, 86, of Rusk will be 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Antioch Cemetery in Carthage under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home. Mr. Fowler passed away March 6, 2020. He was born in Carthage,... View Obituary & Service Information