Phyllis TOWLER

TOWLER, Phyllis Norton, age 78, passed away in Farmville, Va. on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. She was born at the Old Walker Place in Jennings Ordinary, Va. to the late James and Lilly Sue Hamlett Norton on August 2, 1933. She was raised on a tobacco farm. She was a founding member of the hospital gift shop and auxiliary. She loved playing Bridge and was a founding member of the Farmville Bridge Club in 1957. She was a very active member at Heritage Baptist Church and worked in Vacation Bible School as a crew leader and taught the ESL class at the church. She retired in 2003 as an office manager of Southside Urology Clinic. She is survived by her children, Debbie Sloan, of Lexington, S.C., Susan Towler, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Robyn Jo Simpson (David), of Prospect, Va.; her sister, Sadie Hodnett, of Farmville, Va.; and seven grandchildren, Kristen Sloan, Jon Sloan, Katie Sloan, all of South Carolina, Daniel Simpson and Jacqueline Simpson, of Prospect, Va., Miriam Simpson, of Farmville, Va., and Joselyn Simpson, of Guatemala. She was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters. A funeral service will be held in the chapel of Puckett Funeral Home on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11 a.m., with interment in Trinity Memorial Gardens. Family will receive friends Sunday, January 1, 2012 from 5 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Puckett Funeral Home is serving the family.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.