Hershel E. Fowler
Hershel E. Fowler, 94, of Marble Falls died Sept. 30, 2012, in his home following a long illness. He was born in Townly, Ala., and moved to Texas as a child.
He was one of the few old cowboys left and worked on the Powell Ranch in Coahoma, where he had many fond memories and often spoke of the times he spent breaking horses.
He was the oldest of five children and, with the death of his father, went to work very early in life. He never complained about helping to support his family — he didn’t believe in complaining. His attitude was do it, fix it or move it but don’t waste time doing it.
He served in the Army Air Corps during the European theater processing photos. He was proud that all his brothers served and had a strong belief in civil service.
After returning from the war in 1945, he went back to Coahoma and began working in oil fields as a driller. He retired after working with Mobile Oil for more than 30 years.
During retirement, he and his wife traveled a bit and then spent time being the driver/babysitter for his great-grandchildren Cody and Heather Scoggins. He helped three generations of Fowler children make it to and from school every day and then off to college. In his 80s, he built barns and fences with his grandson-in-law Billy Scoggins.
He will be dearly missed and the world is a better for his family because he has instilled in them a strong sense of work ethic, a need for urgency, sensitivity and the “ways” — the right way, the wrong way and the Fowler way.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Ernestine Fowler; son Johnny Ted “J.T.” Fowler of Austin; a daughter of Aylesbery, England; brother Ted Fowler of Coahoma; grandchildren Christy Scoggins of Marble Falls, Brandy Fowler of Midland and Lesa and Daniel of England; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother Jessie Fowler; father Rufus Fowler; sister Tuma Folwer; and brothers Wallace and Rufus.
An interment service is 11 a.m. Oct. 5 at the Texas State Veteran’s Cemetery in Killeen.
Arrangements by Edgar Funeral Home, 2105 U.S. 281 in Marble Falls, (830) 693-5808.