Dorothy “Dot” Johnson Fowler – Hall, 97, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 22, 2021. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Dot was born in Zama, Mississippi on January 15th, 1924, the youngest of 10 children. She loved to play basketball in High School and was a very talented and fierce competitor that earned her a scholarship to a local college which she attended, until she met her husband Bill and they married. They traveled and lived out West before settling in Jacksonville Beach, Florida to work and raise their children. Dot was a waitress at several local restaurants in the beaches area and while working 2 jobs, she acquired her Real Estate license and eventually opened her own Real Estate firm, Fowler Realty. Dot was very successful due to hard work, her competitive nature, intelligence, and her kind, friendly, never met a stranger personality.
During these years, Dot also raised her three children. She loved and enjoyed her children very much. She spent as much time as possible with each of them, never being too busy if they needed her. Friends of her children were always welcome in her home and could always count on a wonderful home-cooked meal and a fun time. She provided her children with the best childhood ever.
Dot enjoyed her family, friends, and spending time with her beloved grandchildren. She also spent time volunteering for the Baptist Health Auxiliary which she also enjoyed. Later in life Dot married Franklyn Hall and they enjoyed twenty plus years together traveling in their motor home, fishing, boating, attending Gospel Music Festivals, playing card games, cooking, and swinging under the magnolia tree in the afternoons. Dot was an adventuresome, loving, and selfless woman who was deeply loved by many and will be missed every day.
Dot was preceded in death by her first husband Willie “Bill” Fowler, Thomas Turner, John Bienemann, her brothers Ivy, Alton, Linnie, William, Howard Ray and sisters Edna, Zelma, Reba, Grace, and her infant daughter Carol.
She is survived by her husband Franklyn Hall, her children - Sandra Deloris Fowler, Richard Fowler (Jan, children Jarrod and Jordan), Troy Fowler and many beloved family members, friends, and neighbors.
There will be a private graveside service at Warren Smith Cemetery soon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry or BEAM 850 6th Avenue South, Jacksonville Beach, Fl 32250. Arrangements are under the direction of Beaches Chapel by Hardage - Giddens Funeral Home, Jacksonville Beach.
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