Lollie "Bea" Beatrice Caldow

TUSCALOOSA - Lollie Beatrice "Bea" Caldow, age 92, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Vernon officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Roger Caldow; father, Roland S. Williams; mother, Annie B. Williams; sister, Melba Williams; and brother, Donald Williams.

Survivors include her son, Stephen Caldow (Sally); daughter, Carla Cowan (Tommy); sister, Imogene McCrory; brother, Roland Williams; grandchildren, Lisa Butler, Stephanie Eichelberger, Lindsay Flinn, John Caldow, Matt Cowan; and great-grandchildren, Caroline Baird, John Davis Baird, Cooper Bonilla, and Gabby Bonilla.

Lollie, or "Bea" as she was known to many, was born May 22, 1925 in Greensboro, Alabama. She was a graduate of Greensboro High School class of 1943. She was an employee of Bryce Hospital for 15 years. She married John Roger Caldow on April 2, 1945 and built a life together for 62 years.

She was a member of Mount Herman Baptist Church of Greensboro, AL and attended Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa where she enjoyed being a member of the Winsome-Faith Sunday School Class.

She was a devoted wife, loving mother, and shared a very special bond with her brothers and sister. More than anything, Bea loved surrounding herself with family and cherished her role as mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a wonderful cook, an avid reader and enjoyed time spent in her flower garden.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, John Caldow and Matt Cowan, great-grandsons, John Davis Baird and Cooper Bonilla, Steve Butler, Brad Flinn and Chase Lenahan.

Special thanks to the staff and nurses of Hospice of West Alabama and longtime caregiver and friend, Evelyn Bridges.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be to Hospice of West Alabama.