Martha Elizabeth Stowe
RHHS - English Teacher
Birth:     Sep. 9, 1910
Death:     Dec. 15, 2000

Burial:
Laurelwood Cemetery
Rock Hill, SC

FORT MILL - Miss Martha Elizabeth Stowe, 90, of 2177 Sunset Circle died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Bass Funeral Home, with the Revs. Steve Hogg and Doug Martin officiating.

A native of Rock Hill, Miss Stowe was a daughter of the late William Ernest Stowe Sr. and Janie Campbell Smith Stowe. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Rock Hill. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and held a master's degree in English from Columbia University. She taught at Rock Hill High School, was YMCA secretary and was director of Johnson Hall at Winthrop College. She also served as supervisor for Winthrop Training School and received Winthrop College Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award in 1988. She served two terms as President of York County Historical Society and was instrumental in listing several Winthrop buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

Surviving are her brother, William Ernest Stowe Jr. of Charlotte, and her caregiver, Karen Merritt Sturgis of Fort Mill.

The family will receive friends following the service.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 215 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730 or to Winthrop University Foundation, Attn. Alumni Assn., Tillman Hall, Rock Hill, SC 29733 or the charity of one's choice.